EDUC103-17S2 (D) Semester Two 2017 (Distance)

Education, Culture and Society

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2017
End Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 30 July 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 15 October 2017

Description

This course is an introduction to foundational theories, concepts and processes in the study of education. Questions about power, justice and fairness will be examined with respect to educational inequalities. It will also examine what part social and cultural factors such as class, gender, disability, and ethnicity may play in maintaining unequal forms of education. Students will be introduced to theories about success and failure in education and their application to the examination of educational inequalities.

An important feature of the course will be analysing the role played by education in the development of colonial relations between Māori and Pakeha, and how that continues to shape contemporary New Zealand society.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this course will:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the wider social, cultural and political contexts in which the education system operates.
2. Use theories to articulate their analysis of the relationships between educational achievement and social standing.
3. Describe what part social factors such as class, genders and sexualities, disability, and race may play in maintaining unequal forms of education.
4. Apply their understanding of aspects of New Zealand history, notably the Treaty of Waitangi, to modern educational and social challenges.
5. Locate themselves within contemporary social and educational discussions, including in relation to biculturalism in the New Zealand context.

Restrictions

EDUC120 and TEDU111

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

David Small

Lecturer

Trish McMenamin

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Take-home test 25 Aug 2017 50% Material from David
Take-home test 06 Oct 2017 50% Material from Trish


The course assessment activities are designed to measure students' familiarity with the course content and their ability to critically engage with it. There are two compulsory pieces of each worth 50% of the final grade. There are also two optional assessment tasks that can be used to boost student grades.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $732.00

International fee $2,975.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .

All EDUC103 Occurrences

  • EDUC103-17S2 (C) Semester Two 2017
  • EDUC103-17S2 (D) Semester Two 2017 (Distance)
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