EDF5627 Relationships and wellbeing in educational leadership
Faculty of Education
EDF5627 Relationships and wellbeing in educational leadership is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2026 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF5627
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After EDF5627
No unit lists EDF5627 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisites:
Must be enrolled in:
- A6028 Master of Public Policy or D6001 Master of Teaching
Or must have passed:
Overview
In this unit, you will understand the importance of relationships, emotions, and wellbeing in educational leadership. You will explore different approaches to theorising leadership, relationships, wellbeing, and emotions, drawing on a range of perspectives. You will explore leadership and emotions both in leaders themselves (inner leadership), as well as their relationships with others (inter-personal leadership). In doing so, you will develop an understanding of the factors that influence leaders’ emotions and wellbeing including the pressures and challenges of leadership in education today. You will explore the intersections of identity and leadership, and develop an understanding of how emotions and relationships are experienced differently for different groups in education. You will examine how leaders can make use of this knowledge to build trust and develop relationships while emphasising the well-being of themselves and others.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | Flx blk |
Assessment
- Emotions, relationships, and wellbeing in leadership essay (1600 words or equivalent)Written40%
- Critical moment analysis (2400 words or equivalent)Written60%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
critically analyse a range of approaches to theorising relationships and wellbeing in leadership and articulate your own position on the utility of these approaches
- 2
examine the key influences on wellbeing for leaders, staff, and students in learning environments and articulate the effect of the challenges facing contemporary leaders in education
- 3
analyse and problematize common misconceptions about emotions and leadership and articulate how they relate to your own leadership contexts
- 4
develop an understanding of how leaders can build trust and develop relationships with a focus on leadership and wellbeing.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
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 George Variyan
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr George Variyan
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5627?
EDF5627 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF5627 offered?
In 2025, EDF5627 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF5627?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5627 have an exam?
No. EDF5627 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.