ENQUIRIES

Staff

B Carozzi

OR Semester 2: Thursday 5.00 - 8.00pm

OR Three Weekends, TBA 9.00am - 5.00pm

482-859 Management of Human Resources 2 TBA Semester 2: Weekends, TBA

9.00 am - 5.00 pm

482-866 Use of Computers in Administration TBA Summer Semester:

8 -12 January, '96 Mon - Fri, 9.00am - 5.00pm OR

Semester 1: Three Weekends, TBA 9.00am - 5.00 pm

OR

Semester 2: One week, 23-27 September

Mon -

Fri,

9.00am - 5.00pm

482-871 Marketing in Education TBA Semester 1: Wednesday,

5.00 - 8.00pm Parkville campus OR

Semester 2: Three Weekends TBA 9.00am - 5.00pm

Saturday 9.00am - 4.30pm, Sunday 9.00am - 2.30pm

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hip in Small Groups TBA Semester 1: Three weekends, TBA Saturday 9.00am - 4.30pm, Sunday 9.00am - 2.30pm OR

Semester 2:

one week, TBA, Mon - Fri, 9,OOam - 5.00pm

482-881 Managing Diversity TBA

Semester 1: One week, Mon - Fri, 9.00am -5.00pm 15-19 April

482-882 Professional Development and

Training TBA

Semester 1: Three Weekends, TBA, Saturday 9.00 am - 4.30 pm, Sunday 9.00am - 2.30pm

OR

Semester 2: Three Weekends, TBA, Saturday 9.00am - 4.30pm, Sunday 9.00am 2.30pm

Electives from Graduate Diploma In Student Welfare:

476-878 Student Welfare: The Social Context

Semester 1: M Holding

Weekends & vacation dates, 9.00am - 4.00pm (Hawthorn) Weekends & vacation dates, 9.00am - 4.00pm

(Bendigo - to be confirmed)

476-879 Student Welfare: Implementation M Holding Semester 1 or 2:

Various weekends & vacation days (Mildura)

9.00am - 4.00pm OR

Various weekends & vacation dates (Hawthorn)

9.00am - 4.00pm

476-875 Helping Interventions

1

L Freeman, J Stebbins Semester 1: Monday 5.00-8.00pm

OR

Semester 1: Thursday 5.00-8.00pm OR

Semester 1: Various weekends &

vacation days (Hawthorn) OR

Weekends & vacation dates, 9.00am - 4.00pm

(Bendigo - to be confirmed) 9.00am - 4.00pm

Subject descriptions for the electives in the Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration or Graduate Diploma in Student Welfare cou

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located in the Parkville Graduate Diploma. Courses section of this Course and Subject Guide.

Course Co-ordinator:

Dr Richard Cotter, Room 2260,

Department of Vocational Education and Training,

Hawthorn Campus, Telephone: (03) 9810 3124.

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SUBJECT DESCRIPTIONS

The descriptions of subjects are given on the following pages in numerical order

The subject offerings, form of presentation and contact hours detailed in each subject description, were correct at the time of printing. In exceptional circumstances, the Faculty may cancel subjects or vary the detail of a subject. Details of any such alterations will be available from the Faculty Office and will be announced on departmental noticeboards.

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Credit points: 16.;

Staff: Barry Carom

Contact: Twelve 3-hour lecture/ workshops. (First semester)

Objectives: On completion of this subject students should be able to:

A

analyse different approaches to curriculum and assess their appropriateness to different learning contexts;

• understand the impact of the social context on curriculum;

A

appreciate the philosophical influences on curriculum;

and

A

reflect on curriculum practice within their own contexts and their own role in that practice.

Content: Different approaches to curriculum and their appropriateness to different learning contexts; philosophies, learning styles and social orientations in curriculum;

perspectives of different stakeholders in curriculum; basic elements of curriculum design, evaluation and assessment.

Assessment: A short paper describing a curriculum issue from the participant's own experience for class presentation (1500 words) (30 per cent), and a critical essay analysing a curriculum in which the participant was in some way involved e.g., as a teacher; student, evaluator, administrator, parent or observer (3300 words) (70 per cent).

Note: This subject is not offered in 1996.

Credit points: 16.7

Prerequisites: 774-112 Orientations to Curriculum.

Contact: Twelve 3 lecture/workshops.

Objectives: On completion of this subject students should be able to:

understand the elements of curriculum design and implementation and the dynamic relationship between these elements;

A

apply principles of curriculum change to their own situations; and

A

appreciate the impact of contextual factors on the implementation of curriculum.

Content: Students will examine and analyse the social, organisational and epistemological elements of curriculum design and implementation and how they relate to each other; different models of curriculum development will be studied; production of practical proposals that relate to the current work situation of students; how to manage curriculum change is a central focus.

Assessment: A short paper describing a critical incident in designing and/or implementing curriculum (1500 words) (30 per cent); and a written exercise consisting of a curriculum proposal outlining major elements of design and implementation and a supporting critical argument from principles of curriculum development (3500 words) (70 per cent).

Note: This subject is not offered in 1996.

Credit points: 16.7

Prerequisites: 774-112 Orientations to Curriculum.

Contact: Twelve 3—hour lecture/workshops.

Objectives: On completion of this subject students should be able to:

A

understand the different approaches to evaluation and their practical implications for the curriculum process;

A

identify principles of effective management as they apply to evaluation;

• appreciate the role of evaluation in educational management;

• apply the principles of curriculum evaluation to at least one situation; and identify principles of effective management as they apply to evaluation;

A

appreciate the socio—political dimensions of evaluation;

A

appreciate the role of evaluation in educational management.

Content: This subject will focus on the theory and practice of evaluation, its different methodologies and practical field strategies, and the political, organisational management and epistemological aspects of evaluation.

Assessment: A class paper describing an evaluation issue that relates to the students' professional experience (1500 words) (30 per cent); and a written exercise consisting of a curriculum evaluation proposal focused on some aspect of the students' professional experience and a conceptual framework that allows a critical evaluation of the proposal (3500 words) (70 per cent).

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