UNSW Handbook Course - Culture, Identity and Education

Culture, Identity and Education - EDST2070


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of Education
	Contact: Varvaressos,Maria Stephanos
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: EDST1102 or enrolment in Diploma in Education Program; Excluded: EDST1207, EDST3908, GENT1513
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 5 (more info)

Description

Examines how the processes of schooling have interacted with issues of identity and diversity. Explores the historical dynamics of migration and settlement and how their growth has affected the rhetoric of Australian nationalism. How have the issues of race and culture been addressed in our schools? Discussion of how multiculturalism has influenced educational perceptions at a policy level and examination of the interpretations of that policy in the context of the public school classroom.

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