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Leadership, Ethics and Advocacy (EC) (EDUC91059)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2022
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Overview
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This subject explores contemporary perspectives on leadership across diverse educational contexts. It investigates the roles of leaders in early childhood education and care settings and the impact of effective leadership on outcomes for teachers, educators, children and families. Teacher Candidates will create their own leadership vision and style and develop an understanding of how to enact evidence-informed, ethical and collaborative practices within educational settings.
This subject references the Australian/Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Frameworks and Curricula. Indigenous perspectives are foregrounded and explored to acknowledge and engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and contributions to leadership in diverse settings in early childhood and primary schools. This subject aims to explore the relationship between leadership and the development of a professional identity in early childhood education settings.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates should be able to:
- Investigate diverse perspectives on effective and ethical leadership in educational settings.
- Interpret the impact of educational leadership on educators, families and children.
- Critically analyse the application of leadership and change management theory and models to educational settings.
- Advocate for children's rights in diverse educational contexts.
- Evaluate teaching programs as part of a continuous improvement plan.
- Synthesise and translate contemporary research on adult and child learning into effective partnerships, programs and practices.
Generic skills
This subject will develop the following set of key transferable skills:
- Clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice.
- Critical and creative thinking.
- Creativity and innovation.
- Teamwork and professional collaboration.
- Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base.
- Reflection for continuous improvement.
- Linking theory and practice.
- Inquiry and research.
- Active and participatory citizenship.
- Ethical and intercultural understanding.
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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Essay: A written task on leadership, ethics and advocacy in education
| Early semester | 40% |
Presentation: An oral presentation on leadership in early childhood education (3000 words equivalent)
| During the examination period | 60% |
Attendance Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 80% attendance at, or engagement with, all sessions identified as contact hours (may include lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops, both synchronous and asynchronous). | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
Not available in 2022
Time commitment details
Total time commitment: 170 hours. Contact hours: 24 hours (16 hours of on-campus classes and 8 hours of asynchronous online activities).
Additional delivery details
This subject will be available in Semester 2, 2023.
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 Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) - Links to additional information
Melbourne Graduate School of Education: https://education.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 10 February 2024