EDF5765 · Globalisation and contemporary education

Overview

Education is no longer restricted by national boundaries, with countries around the globe experiencing the effects of globalisation on multiple levels. The needs from and of individual education systems has shifted significantly, as people move between and among national boundaries, using their skill sets in a range of contexts. These shifting needs compels a regular evaluation of educational provision, within schools, tertiary institutions and workplaces. Educational needs now meet universal demands, as individuals move across the globe, taking their skill and knowledge with them. This migration of skill forces educators to evaluate the current provision of teaching and learning programs, reflecting on how contemporary education can meet these changing demands. This unit firstly considers the fluid dynamics of a globalised approach to education, and subsequently explores whether contemporary education is indeed accommodating the needs of an increasingly globalised world.

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. demonstrate an understanding of how globalisation shapes, influences and impacts on education in the twenty first century
2. interact with the contemporary debates regarding globalisation and education
3. evaluate literature based on globalisation in education, exercising independent judgement to appraise studies in the field
4. communicate an understanding of globalisation in education through coherent, sustained and informed dissemination of knowledge
5. synthesize and apply knowledge of the factors relating to globalisation and education to your own professional practice and research scholarship

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.