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Educating Adolescents: Diversity and Inclusion
UndergraduateCUR-EDS3092024
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 27 May 2024,
- 25 Nov 2024
- Price from
- $555
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Educating Adolescents: Diversity and Inclusion
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- recall, comprehend and analyse knowledge regarding adolescent diversity and inclusion
- examine and evaluate current international, national and local thinking and practice relating to adolescent diversity and inclusion.
- develop knowledge regarding adolescent diversity and inclusion in relation to Australian secondary education settings.
- think creatively about a specific issue relevant to adolescent inclusion in order to generate teaching strategies.
- Australian adolescents: Physical development
- Australian adolescents: Social and emotional development
- Australian adolescents: Developing an identity
- The five elements of successful inclusion
- Sub-cultures and the need to belong
- Bullying (including online)
- Mental health (suicide)
- Drug use
- Learning disabilities
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Cultural diversity
- Gifted and talented students
- Indigenous adolescents
The focus of this subject is on building on previous knowledge to further understand the characteristics of adolescent development that impact teaching and learning in a classroom setting. This examination will lead to the development of pedagogical strategies designed to maximise the outcomes of a diverse range of adolescent learners. On completion of this subject students will have developed a portfolio of practical strategies and professional resources upon which to draw when they are educating adolescents.
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- Annotated bibliography (50%)
- Strategy document (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-SAR-DEG-2024 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (The Arts - Visual Arts)
- CUR-SEN-DEG-2024 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (English Education)
- CUR-SGE-DEG-2024 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (Humanities and Social Sciences - Geography)
Elective
- CUR-FAST-DEG-2024 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (The Arts - Visual Arts)
UndergraduateCUR-SAR-DEG
Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (English Education)
UndergraduateCUR-SEN-DEG
Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (Humanities and Social Sciences - Geography)
UndergraduateCUR-SGE-DEG
Fast track your Curtin on campus study
UndergraduateCUR-FAST-DEG