EXE732 - Social Justice and Difference
Unit details
Year | 2025 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Tim Corcoran |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | EEI702 |
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week Approximately 4-hours of online learning tasks and discussions per week |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Educators are increasingly dealing with questions of difference in terms of their practice, their students and the diverse school communities in which they are situated. However, there are surprisingly few opportunities to reflect on and analyse the effects of these differences on educational practice. This unit engages students in a range of theoretical debates about social justice, difference, and the 'politics of identity'. In particular, it foregrounds theoretical engagements with questions linked to gender, sexuality, social class, race, ethnicity, disability and the intersections between them.
Learning Outcomes
ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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ULO1 | Identify and describe the relationship between current events/issues and a range of conceptual and theoretical understandings of social justice, communicating their findings on a digital media platform of their choosing | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
ULO2 | Critically reflect on the historical, policy and practice contexts that contribute to current understandings of social justice and inclusive education | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO6: Self-management GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO3 | Debate and critically analyse the relationship between theories of social justice and teacher identity, pedagogical frameworks and student learning | GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO4 | Demonstrate the capacity to critically respond to and inform practice by drawing on theoretical understandings of social justice and inclusive education | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving |
ULO5 | Design new ways of working strategically in educational contexts around issues of social justice and inclusive education | GLO5: Problem solving GLO6: Self-management GLO8: Global citizenship |
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 - Visual Media Journal | 2500 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 5 |
Assessment 2 - Critical Essay | 2500 words | 50% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for EXE732 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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