UnitPostgraduate

EDF5626 Ethical leadership and decision making in education

Faculty of Education

EDF5626 Ethical leadership and decision making in education is a 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Semester 1
Clayton
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before EDF5626

Prohibitions

You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.

After EDF5626

No unit lists EDF5626 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Must be enrolled in:

  •  A6028 Master of Public Policy or D6001 Master of Teaching

Or must have passed:

  • EDF4610 Interacting with research in education contexts
  • EDF4611 Investigating education issues in global contexts

Overview

This unit introduces you to the complexities of ethical leadership and decision making in educational contexts. Grounded in a problem based learning approach, you will work as a community of learners to discuss and analyse real-life moral dilemmas facing educational leaders today. You will learn to recognise when educational leaders are faced with an ethical dilemma and you will develop reasoning and reflective skills to make decisions that are in alignment with your own ethical codes and to apply these to practical situations.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterClaytonFlexible

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    identify ethical situations, issues, or problems

  2. 2

    recognise various ethical frameworks and perspectives related to ethics

  3. 3

    develop reasoning and reflective skills leading to ethical decisions or judgements

  4. 4

    understand how to make decisions based on moral and ethical implications

  5. 5

    comprehend the value and challenges of diverse education communities

  6. 6

    articulate a professional code of ethics pertaining to educational leadership

Workload and teaching

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

a. Contact hours for flexible students:

  • 12 contact hours and 12 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester; or
  • 24 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester*

b. Additional requirements (all students):

  • independent study to meet the minimum required hours per semester

 

*International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this contact hour delivery mode.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Mr George Variyan
Chief Examiners
Mr George Variyan

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for EDF5626?

EDF5626 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is EDF5626 offered?

In 2020, EDF5626 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.

How much work is EDF5626?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

More details

Credit points
6
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Education
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Not available