This unit is designed for educators with an interest in special and/or inclusive education. The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (MYCEETYA, 2008) and the Disability Standards for Education (2005) make it clear that students with disability should expect that Australian schooling will enable them to become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and...

This unit is designed for educators with an interest in special and/or inclusive education. The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (MYCEETYA, 2008) and the Disability Standards for Education (2005) make it clear that students with disability should expect that Australian schooling will enable them to become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and...

This unit prepares you to undertake honours research by strengthening your skills in critical analysis and your understanding of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives in the Social Sciences. You will engage in discussions and debates focused on contemporary social and political issues such as power, inequality, social justice, violence, governance, social change, identity and...

This unit is designed for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) specialising in teaching young children from birth to 8 years. The unit introduces and interrogates current early childhood curriculum frameworks that guide reflective practice in child care, kindergarten, preparatory and early years of schooling to age 8 (EYLF in the context of NQF, and State and National...

Through an examination of historical and contemporary philosophical texts, from Western and Eastern traditions, this unit explores the nature of persons and the nature of the world as we experience it. These themes will be pursued by asking questions such as: • Is a mind more than just a brain? • Do we have free will? • Is there an enduring self? • Could the world be an illusion? • Does...

The unit engages students in higher level police supervision skills and capabilities required of operational policing in an increasingly complex social, cultural, and economic environment. Students will engage with assignment work grounded in critically analysing how to provide initial and ongoing support to people working in policing environment that will create broader thinking, more creative...

Advocacy or the ability to influence decisions within political, economic, and social institutions is perhaps one of the most powerful ways in which public relations today influences the world. Success for any brand, business, government or social enterprise relies on public perception. In this context advocacy can help to win elections, change laws and policy, help brands connect with their...

This unit examines contemporary social issues relating to drug abuse and its policing, which is one of the most complex and controversial topics confronting today's society. The unit focuses on the demand for, and the supply of illicit and licit drugs. Policing policies and legal implications relating to supply reduction and harm reduction through prohibition, harm-minimization and drug...

This unit explores ideas, practices and concepts of leadership and advocacy in early childhood education. Topics include research examples of practices that foster collaborative, effective leadership, constructive management strategies and considered ways to promote advocacy in early childhood. Students will have opportunities to refine their curriculum leadership, including how best to support...

Mathematics is a key learning area for all students and essential to an individual's ability to fully participate in society. The teaching of mathematics at all levels is changing in response to research into its teaching and learning and to ongoing changes in society. Research has shown that significant numbers of students become less positive about mathematics and their own ability to do...