EDST1104: Social Perspectives in Education

600 word Article analysis (20%), 1800 word Research Task (40%), 2000 word Research Report (40%).

None (A mark of 80+ in HSC English recommended).

This course was kind of all over the place; it didn't feel like a course that was caring. Their communication skills would vastly improve the overall quality of the course.

The staff almost never answered questions on the courses question forum, out of the 34 different questions asked during the semester, 3 of them got responded to by staff. This was very lazy of them and annoyed the cohort, we felt lost. Although the feedback in assignments wasn't actually that bad, it never gave me a defining explanation on what to improve on for the next task (like 1108 did).
The worst part of it all was the dates in which we

a 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial each week, 80% attendance is required to pass the course.

1.6/5

Yes (but weirdly still needed to attend :/ )

Lecturer: Dr Greg Leaney, Tutor: Sara Mashayekh

None - The education Society did hold sessions where they explained how to complete the assignments.

1.2/5

Education, Change and Society. This is

2018 Semester 1

68 CR

600 word Article analysis (20%), 1800 Research Task (mix of 3 article analysis and school description, 40%), 2000 word sociological research report (40%). All education assessments must be passed to pass the course.

Nil

I went into education really excited and found this course to be boring and a bit of a letdown. Though some of the information we learnt was important (topics such as inequalities, geographies of schooling and special needs), I felt like I’d already seen it happen only last year at school. I zoned out a lot during lectures, and the lecturer read from the slides which didn’t help.

There was a lot of help with assessments so they weren’t as daunting as they could have been. The education society ran workshops for each assessment that you could attend if you needed help, and also posted the slides on a Facebook group afterwards. The assessments were also discussed in detail in the tutes and lectures.

2hr lecture, 1hr tute each week, 80% attendance required & rolls passed around

2.5/5

Yes

Dr Greg Leaney, Tutor-Sara Mashayekh

Slides were uploaded by the education society for help with assessments, however not much extra was needed.

2.5/5

Education, Change and Society. I borrowed it from the library and it is also available as an ebook through the library. It wasn’t really necessary however was used sometimes in tutorials.

2018/1

76 D