EDF5626 · Ethical leadership and decision making in education

Overview

This unit introduces you to the complexities of ethical leadership and decision making in educational contexts. Grounded in a problem based learning approach, you will work as a community of learners to discuss and analyse real-life moral dilemmas facing educational leaders today. You will learn to recognise when educational leaders are faced with an ethical dilemma and you will develop reasoning and reflective skills to make decisions that are in alignment with your own ethical codes and to apply these to practical situations.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. identify ethical situations, issues, or problems
2. recognise various ethical frameworks and perspectives related to ethics
3. develop reasoning and reflective skills leading to ethical decisions or judgements
4. understand how to make decisions based on moral and ethical implications
5. comprehend the value and challenges of diverse education communities
6. articulate a professional code of ethics pertaining to educational leadership

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study OR • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^ ^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode. Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.