Unit details
ECS720 - Contemporary Global Issues in Social, Political and Environmental Learning
| Offered at: | (B, X) |
|---|---|
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Offerings: | Trimester 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | (For students enrolled in course E760 only) |
| Unit chair: | R Buchanek |
| Corequisite: | ECS721 |
| Incompatible with: | ECS420 |
| Contact hours: | 3 hours per week or equivalent for off campus students |
Content
This unit is a curriculum method unit for students undertaking a double Humanities method. The unit examines contemporary issues in globalisation, sustainability and citizenship from a range of perspectives and standpoints. The unit will encourage students to be active participants in a range of pedagogies and utilise a range of technologies to complement their studies in this unit. Students will examine evidence based research and then practical implications for curriculum in the secondary school. Students will develop skills in critical thinking and inquiry into citizenship in a global world; characteristics of global phenomena across natural and human events: sustainability, justice, peace, conflict and instability currently facing our global community. Students will examine in depth education programs in globalisation, sustainability and citizenship and explore global ethics and values.
Assessment
Task 1 50% Teaching Seminar Report - students will prepare and deliver a seminar to peers on a selected global issue.
Task 2 50% Global issue case study - students will select from sustainability, justice, peace and citizenship to analyse a selected global issue.
Prescribed texts
Marsh, C (ed) 2008, Studies of Society and Environment: Exploring the Teaching Possibilities, Pearson.
Unit Fee Information
| Student Contribution Rate* | Student Contribution Rate** | Student Contribution Rate*** | Fee rate - Domestic Students | Fee rate - International students |
| $706 | $565 | $565 | $1872 | $2394 |
* Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2010
** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2009
*** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2008
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.
