Assignment Instructions:
Responses to specific questions reflecting a developing understanding of the impact of various social, cultural, and political influences on education and schooling in Australia. Specific questions are located in Sessions.
Journal Task #1 (250 words):
Consider the vision and mission statements of two particular school systems and the NDS DE. Discuss briefly the differences and similarities. From your reading, discuss whether the three systems of schooling are being responsive to the social priorities of 21st century Australia.
Journal Task #2 (250 words):
Choose an imagined, preferred and ideal, public or independent school for your employment.
- State the type of school
- Identify two roles you wish your imagined school to perform
- Explain how your classroom teaching and environment would serve those two school roles.
Journal Task #3 (250 words):
1. What are some of the key differences between the role of a teacher in the 1960s to that of a teacher today? (150 words)
2. From your observations and reading ('Cultures of Teaching' and Professor Kincaid's YouTube clip) how would you anticipate teaching the skills of learning? (200 words)
Journal Task #4 (250 words):
Based upon the Matas and Biddle (pp.5-18) readings, are there any comparisons in the factors that hinder multicultural education and those that hinder ATSI educational engagement?