School Of EducationCulture, Subjectivities and SchoolingWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102071.2
Discipline: TEACHER EDUCATION: PRIMARY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
101578 - Education, Knowledge, Society and Change
Corequisite
101577 Classrooms Without Borders
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in the 1781 Master of Teaching (Primary) or 1651 Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) and must have successfully completed 160 credit points.
About this Unit
This unit focuses on the socio-political, economic and cultural milieu that shapes teacher and student subjectivities. Teachers are required to understand the variety of, and changing nature of, discourses and ideologies that both constitute and are constituted in society, schooling, teaching, and learning, in an increasingly multifaceted, globalized and cosmopolitan environment. Within this framework it is also essential that teachers engage with and understand the diversity and fluidity of individuals and the broader Australian community in order to promote equitable practices in schooling and to facilitate educational and professional transformation. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their relationship to schooling will also be explored in this unit, providing pre-service teachers with deeper understandings of Australia’s first nations people. Developing understandings of society, culture and the formation of subjectivities will promote an enhanced awareness of equity issues as well as crucial analytical and critical tools to address the needs of diverse students, their families, teachers, and the broader school community.