Unit 1

Curriculum Development and Innovation (EDUC8678)

6 pts

09-12-2003 to 12-12-2003

25 hours

Includes: curriculum change and implementation; curriculum evaluation.

Unit 2

Quantitative Research (EDUC8633)

6 pts

13-03-2004 to 16-03-2004

25 hours

This unit provides an introduction to quantitative research methods in education and psychology. Topics to be covered include: survey research methods, constructing variables, the cognitive and affective domains, the notion of measurement, establishing reliability and validity, and the analysis of quantitative data. In addition, students will be required to construct a brief questionnaire to measure a variable in the affective domain.

Materials from Dr. John West

Unit 3

Educational Leadership (EDUC8612)

6 pts

03-06-2004 to 06-06-2004

25 hours

Includes: curriculum leadership; team building; joint planning and implementation.

Course Slides by Ms Elaine Sharplin

Unit 4

Educational Studies (EDUC8660)

6 pts

29-11-2004 to 02-12-2004

25 hours

This subject has been designed to provide teachers with the necessary skills and knowledge to design, create and implement curriculum packages in their own teaching environment, using a range of delivery modes, including information technology. It encourages a flexible adaptive approach to learning, and assumes a good understanding of current pedagogical and curriculum practices.

Unit 5

Education Policy and Practices (EDUC8658)

6 pts

12-03-2005 to 15-03-2005

25 hours

Includes: devolution policy, accountability policy and privatisation / marketisation policy

Course Slides by Dr Wayne McGowan

Unit 6

Approaches to Research (EDUC8631)

6 pts

18-06-2005 to 21-06-2005

25 hours

School-based inquiry and approaches to research, designing research, collecting and analysing data, reporting research.

The Major Paper

Major Paper in Education

12 pts

1st Session

02-12-2005 to 04-12-2005

2nd Session

11-03-2006 to 13-03-2006

Date Due: 2 June 2006