EDU658: Education Policy and Teachers' Work

This unit examines the impact of educational policy on the lives and work of teachers and how it affects their choices in the areas of curriculum and pedagogy and their overall sense of ownership of their work. The unit will introduce students to recent developments in critical policy analysis for the purpose of investigating educational policies relevant to their own professional development and interests in schools, tertiary institutions or vocational education and training.

Related Unit Codes:

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-external
Contact Time	External: no attendance required, however on-campus meetings will be available at Rockingham campus.
Prerequisites	Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Education
Unit Coordinator	Professor Barry Down Position: Chair in Education E-mail: b.down@murdoch.edu.au Location: Rockingham Campus Engineering (South) Room 1.018 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 7020
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Professor Barry Down Chair in Education (b.down@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 7020 Rockingham Campus Engineering (South) Room 1.018 MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)