Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
24 hours face to face + blended + swinburne online
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn, Online
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit defines Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century and describe some of the key factors including impact and adaption to globalisation, technological, social and ecological change. The students will have opportunities to explore world issues and identify ethical debates associated with the lives of children in local and global settings. They will also analyse research and its impact on policy and practices.
Requisites
Concurrent prerequisites
EDU10026
Introduction to Academic Language, Literacy and Numeracy in Education
Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Teaching Period 3
Location
Online
Start and end dates
04-November-2024
09-February-2025
09-February-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-November-2024
Census date
29-November-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
27-December-2024
Results released date
04-March-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Define Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century and describe some of the key factors including impact and adaption to globalisation, technological, social and ecological change
- Respond to world issues through the teaching and learning program
- Compare the differences and similarities of local and global childhoods and how policies, programs and policing govern childhoods
- Examine the notion of the global child and childhoods as both political and politicized
- Describe and evaluate current debates in contemporary society impacting on children’s experiences of early childhood including social media, use of technology, transition to school, competency frameworks, advocacy and voice
- Identify ethical issues associated with digital technologies
- Critique of research on and about children and childhoods and how it informs policy and practice
Teaching methods
Swinburne Online
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.50 | 12 weeks | 150 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Lecture | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Specified Activities Various | 4.00 | 12 weeks | 48 |
| Unspecified Activities Various | 6.50 | 12 weeks | 78 |
| TOTAL | 162 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | Individual | 50% | 3,4,7 |
| Presentation | Group | 20% | 1,2 |
| Report | Individual | 30% | 5,6 |
Content
- Teaching and learning in the 21st CenturyÂ
- Views of global childhoods as both political and politicizedÂ
- World issues and how they are represented in a teaching and learning program. Debates in contemporary society impacting on children’s experiences of early childhood
- Digital technologies, social media and representations of childhoodÂ
- Ethical issues associated with digital technologies
- Local and global policies and practices on school transition and school readinessÂ
- Globalising and universalising childhoodsÂ
- Local and global discourses of protection, rights, welfare and policy and how they govern different types of childhoods.
- Researching children and childhoods and how it informs policy and practice.Â
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.