Unit 1

Curriculum Development and Innovation (EDUC8678)

6 pts

11-12-2005 to 14-12-2005

25 hours

Includes: curriculum change and implementation; curriculum evaluation.

Unit 2

Quantitative Research (EDUC8633)

6 pts

11-03-2006 to 14-03-2006

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.

Unit 3

Educational Leadership (EDUC8612)

6 pts

31-05-2006 to 03-06-2006

25 hours

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

Unit 4

Educational Studies (EDUC8660)

6 pts

27-11-2006 to 30-11-2006

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

10-03-2007 to 13-03-2007

25 hours

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

Unit 6

Approaches to Research (EDUC8631)

6 pts

30-05-2007 to 02-06-2007

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

26-11-2007 to 29-11-2007

2nd Session

10-03-2008 to 11-03-2008

Date Due: *26 May 2008