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Leadership, Advocacy, Activism & Ethics (EDUC91026)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Term 3
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
Availability | Term 3 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject focuses on understanding advocacy, activism, ethics and leadership through multiple perspectives. Central to this is supporting children’s, families’ and teachers’ participation, voice and agency in early childhood settings. This includes defining the role and contributions of educational leadership, building collaborative partnerships, and understanding leadership in relation to teaching, learning, and advocacy. Additionally, an understanding of human rights theories, principles, documents, frameworks and models will be a focus. Concepts of care will be offered as a way to ethically support equity. Topics will include community building, connection with place, and creating sustainable environments. Specific discussions on ethics of care, care of self in relation to teacher well‐being, and ‘ethics of enough’ will be included.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Critically review theory and research informing leadership and how it relates to teaching and learning
- Conceptually map ideas of leadership in relation with children, families, colleagues, place, environments, and teaching, inclusive of human rights theories, principles, documents, frameworks and models
- Conceptualise socially just spaces for people and environments through advocacy and activism using concepts of care
Generic skills
- Problem solving
- Evidence based decision making
- Teamwork and professional collaboration
- Learning to learn and metacognition
- Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base
- Reflection for continuous improvement
- Linking theory and practice
- Active and participatory citizenship
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Digital reflective journal (4 entries x 500 words)
| Throughout the Term, due Week 9 | 40% |
Visual representation: Leadership, teaching and human rights
| Week 6 | 30% |
Public service announcement (audio or visual or animation): Concepts of care
| Week 8 | 30% |
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Term 3 - Online
Coordinators Angela Molloy Murphy and Kylie Smith Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours (may include virtual office hours through chat/zoom, video mail bag, discussion boards, flip grids, and interactive readings) Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 18 July 2022 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students should familiarise themselves with the online platform and may like to take the opportunity to read through preliminary information about the subject and the services and support that is available to them. Students are encouraged to use this time to also introduce themselves to peers and teaching staff and to learn about those they will be studying with throughout the term. Time commitment for pre‐teaching activities is approximately 3 hours. Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 18 September 2022 Last self-enrol date 19 July 2022 Census date 12 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 September 2022 Assessment period ends 25 September 2022 Term 3 contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Teaching
Last updated: 10 February 2024