| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 |
| Old unit code |
300.616 |
| Outcomes |
Students broaden their educational perspectives; gain a deeper understanding of the concept of comparative education and of the forces that have shaped several national systems of education; and gain a deeper understanding of selected contemporary problems. |
| Content |
This unit includes specific studies of education in England, the USA, South Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia based on the premise that the main determinants that shape any educational system are history and culture. |
| Assessment |
This comprises a 5000-word essay.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Winthrop Professor Tom O'Donoghue |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
Contact hours—lectures/seminars: 2 hrs per week for 13 weeks
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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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