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Course description

This foundational course is designed to encourage critical examination of key sociological issues within the context of education. It will explore the structures of schooling that shape access to educational outcomes. It challenges preconceived notions of schooling and education, including a consideration of appropriate learning and teaching practices for students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds, with particular attention given to Indigenous students. The course offers the opportunity to investigate, analyse and synthesise important foundational, social, civic, legislative and ethical knowledge for pre-service teachers entering the profession in the 21st century, which has seen unprecedented levels of diversity in schools, and invites them to generate and evaluate complex ideas and concepts for their professional practice and scholarship to engage all students in their classrooms.

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