Overview

Education, Knowledge and Society introduces preservice teachers (PSTs) to the broad and contested field of Australian education while engaging with historical, political and sociological lenses for inquiry – lenses that  provide  frameworks  for  analysis.  The  topic  inducts  PSTs  into  the  foundations  of  research  and  knowledge production, leading them to question … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

The topic aims to: 

  • Introduce  sociological  frameworks  that  enable  preservice  teachers  to  develop  consciousness  of  the  social  origins  of seemingly individual phenomena in schools and society
  • Develop preservice teachers’ awareness of the nature of research and knowledge creation in education
  • Provide preservice teachers with opportunities to reflect critically on their educational and socio‐cultural experiences in relation to contemporary educational contexts and issues
  • Assist preservice teachers in understanding the social and cultural differences among young people in contemporary educational contexts

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
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Employ different philosophies of education and their implications for social justice
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Appraise current issues in education through the lenses of race, class, gender, and religion
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Analyse social issues in education
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Translate theory into practice
5.
Integrate a range of complex ideas into theory

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