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Professional Issues in Teaching 1 - EDST4082
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Education
 
 
Course Outline: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/currentstudents/courseoutlines.shtml
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit or enrolment in Diploma in Education; Excluded: EDST4081
 
 
Fee Band: 5 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course is compulsory for all students. It will be delivered in Semester 1 to students in their third year of the combined degree. Issues related to the teacher as a professional and concomitant ethical ramifications including responsibilities to students, superordinates, subordinates, employers, parents and society; the role of the teacher in schooling; critical examination of Government and education system policies, especially those related to equity, education of girls, boys’ education, English across the curriculum and child sexual assault. Issues related to private schools and private school systems. Models and means of classroom management.

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