EDF4065 Working in partnerships
Faculty of Education
EDF4065 Working in partnerships is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Education. It isn't offered in 2027. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2027
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
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Requisites
Before EDF4065
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After EDF4065
No unit lists EDF4065 as a prerequisite in the 2027 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in a course owned by the Faculty of Education
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
The focus of this unit is centred on establishing collaborative partnerships through respectful and reciprocal relationships, most significantly with families, children and broader communities in educational settings, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. You will engage with a variety of theoretical lenses to critically analyse diverse family forms and contemporary contexts to reflexively explore socio-political implications for student learning and development. Through ethical and evidence-based strategies, this unit will enable you to create an inclusive classroom culture whereby each child and their family feel respected, valued, and supported, irrespective of family form, situation or culture. You will develop expertise to effectively motivate family engagement, participation and contribution in class and school or EC services to sensitively and collectively support student learning and development through ongoing partnerships.
Offerings in 2027
The 2027 handbook lists no offerings for EDF4065.
Assessment
- Family case study analysis (2000 words or equivalent)50%
- Building family and community partnerships (2000 words or equivalent)50%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
apply a range of theoretical perspectives to articulate and demonstrate establishing effective partnership collaborations with families, colleagues and other professionals, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities
- 2
critically analyse family case study situations for evidence-based approaches to work with parents/carers to collectively and ethically make decisions and solve problems aligned with national policy initiatives, including the National Quality Standards (NQS) and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APSTs)
- 3
investigate diverse contemporary family forms and situations of living to develop a comprehensive understanding of socio-political and cultural influences impacting students’ learning
- 4
initiate, lead and implement innovative evidence-based team approaches for empowering parent/caregiver and student voices, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
- 5
design innovative systems for responsive partnership communications to meet strengths and challenges for students of diverse family forms and situations, including trauma, linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic contexts.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials16 hours
- Lectures8 hours
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and
- the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study
Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
You will be presented, over the semester, with 6 diverse student/family case studies and required to work in an ongoing small group to identify the problem and critically analyse through research and student interpretations to determine effective partnership collaborations in support of inclusive and equitable approaches and considerations for student learning and development and the school community. In addition, you will apply this learning to create your case-based narratives to determine impacts and influences. You will be required to work as a group and develop a resource to resolve identified challenges for establishing collaborative partnerships with parents/carers.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF4065?
EDF4065 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF4065 offered?
EDF4065 has no offerings listed in the 2027 handbook.
How much work is EDF4065?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF4065 have an exam?
No. EDF4065 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 4
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Education
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20262027