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EDS1101 Issues, Challenges and Directions in Education
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Credit Points: 15
 
Description:
Students will develop an understanding of the changing nature of education, students and teaching. In developing this understanding students will explore: (1) the changing nature of the teaching and learning process; (2) the challenge of cultural diversity; and (3) their personal theories of teaching. Throughout the unit, students will engage in a reflective process to develop insights into themselves as teachers, including their motives regarding being a teacher, their values and their personal competencies.

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Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014