| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 2 |
| Old unit code |
300.416 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to competently demonstrate an understanding of the key conceptual issues underpinning education in contemporary non-metropolitan Australia; identify demographic, sociocultural, geographic and economic characteristics of rural, remote and isolated communities in Australia and the diversity of educational provision in such communities; explain the structure and critique the profile of educational provision in rural Western Australia; identify and locate a wide range of resources and assistance available to teachers in non-metropolitan Western Australia; modify and enhance a syllabus to meet the needs and circumstances of a non-metropolitan community; and demonstrate a selection of skills relevant to the enhancement of school–community participation in a non-metropolitan community. |
| Content |
This unit considers issues affecting the delivery and quality of education in rural and remote areas. It explores practical ways beginning teachers can work to take account of locality and address educational inequalities that rurality can present. An optional one-week rural field trip is organised in which students explore rural communities and a diversity of educational facilities in the Mid-West region. |
| Assessment |
This includes a seminar presentation and a small research project.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a Graduate Diploma in Education student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Assistant Professor Elaine Sharplin |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
Contact hours—workshops: 2.5 hrs per week for 10 weeks (optional 1-week field trip, contact the Faculty of Education for costs)
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
- Assistance with study skills, including English language skills, is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students (see http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/learning). Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423.
- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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