This unit encourages students to think critically about the work of teachers and its functions in the community. Students address the ways in which teachers participate in a complex series of social interactions at different levels of power and responsibility, and engage in tasks which may not, at first glance, have much to do with teaching children or even providing opportunities for students to learn. The unit is therefore organised around four key questions: (1) what constitutes teachers' work? (2) how is it constructed? (3) by whom? and (4) in whose interest? -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Wayne McGowan
Prerequisites: enrolment in a Bachelor of Education combined degree and EDUC1100 Education in Australia and EDUC1101 Youth Culture
