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Last updated: 4 June 2021
Trimester 2: Cloud (online)
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin. Students will undertake online exercises, case studies, debates (using technology-based mediums) and student-led discussions
Understanding funding and finance for educational outcomes places educational considerations at the basis of financial planning and management in schools. The range of financial matters confronting educational leaders include the broad policy environment and its political and economic bases, short and long term financial imperatives to achieve school success, sustainability and improvement goals, and accountability for reporting to a range of stakeholders. Topics and debates relating to educational investment, school funding, budgets, forecasting, financial decision-making, reporting, accountabilities and return on investment are discussed in relation to educational strategy, policies and outcomes. The unit covers school funding and financing issues and debates at the macro, meso and micro levels. It demonstrates that education – its aims, purposes, outcomes, policies, practices and funding - is a politicised and contested area in the public arena. Activities and assignments in this unit relate directly to participants’ work contexts.
Interrogate contemporary research, financial and business practices in a global setting to generate and apply informed and innovative education business solutions
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO8: Global citizenship
Use information and communication technologies to source, critically analyse and report on complex data to improve decision making processes in resource management
GLO2: Communication
Lead the business agenda in education settings through evidence-based assessment and evaluation of funding and finance practice, in order to align with strategic directions
GLO4: Critical thinking
Interrogate data sets to analyse the multiple impacts of financial and resource factors in order to improve organisational agility to meet educational priorities
GLO5: Problem solving
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment 1 (Individual) - Essay: Critical review of theory and practice
Assessment 2 (Individual) - Written report: Critical analysis of funding and finance practices
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.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ELT703 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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