EDF5626 Ethical leadership and decision making in education
Faculty of Education
EDF5626 Ethical leadership and decision making in education is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 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 2025 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 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | Flx blk |
Assessment
- Creating and justifying a code of professional ethics (1600 words or equivalent)40%
- Critical case analysis of ethical and moral dilemmas (2400 words or equivalent)60%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
identify ethical situations, issues, or problems
- 2
recognise various ethical frameworks and perspectives related to ethics
- 3
develop reasoning and reflective skills leading to ethical decisions or judgements
- 4
understand how to make decisions based on moral and ethical implications
- 5
comprehend the value and challenges of diverse education communities
- 6
articulate a professional code of ethics pertaining to educational leadership
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study.
Usually, you can expect to engage with:
• 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study
OR
• 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^
^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode.
Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Venesser Fernandes
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Venesser Fernandes
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5626?
EDF5626 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF5626 offered?
In 2025, 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.
Does EDF5626 have an exam?
No. EDF5626 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.