Course overview
This course aims to develop professional educators' global perspectives to help better understand the fluid environment in which they operate. Students will gain new and valuable understandings into their own contexts and professional practices by analysing the ways in which others establish, operate and maintain their educational systems. This course has been designed to generate insights into the similarities and differences embedded in education systems from a range of sectors including schooling, tertiary learning, further education, vocational education and training and alternative learning programs, enabling students to reflect on the future of the field from an international perspective.
- Comparative Studies
- Values
- Policy
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate an awareness of the forces that impact on and shape educational systems internationally and in Australia
- Identify major characteristics of selected national and international educational systems
- Demonstrate an awareness of issues and trends inherent in international education systems
- Develop the capacity to consider potential future directions and challenges in/for national and international educational systems
Availability
Class details
Mawson Lakes
Class number 21869
Section TU01
Size 27
Available 27
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 21870
Section TU01
Size 25
Available 25
Online
Class number 20219
Section 01OL
Size 30
Available 30
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