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EDU8601 Advanced Studies in Professional Practice

Semester 2, 2022 Online
Units : 2
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts
School or Department : School of Education
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

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Overview

Organisations, including those engaged in education, are changing in response to post-corporate and other influences. The nature and effectiveness of responses varies but leadership is a consistent factor in organisational success. This course sets the scene and begins the process of doctoral study that will equip graduates to lead research-informed organisational change in the context of their professional practice as educators. Students will engage in a balance of personal and collaborative inquiry informed by relevant theory and directed toward their own professional contexts.

The course begins with an analysis of the challenges created for educational organisations by the emergence of post-corporate influences. Possible responses to these influences are explored and assessed. The role of leadership in generating constructive organisational responses to post-corporate challenges is analysed. Four leadership approaches are emphasised: transformational leadership; strategic leadership, educative leadership and organisation-wide leadership. Students are facilitated to engage with others in understanding the essence of the challenges in their workplaces and, using authentic data, develop a contextually defensible response to an identified challenge.

Course learning outcomes

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. The assessment item(s) that may be used to assess student achievement of an objective are shown in parenthesis. On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. critically evaluate developments in theory and policy influencing leadership of change in diverse educational contexts (Discussion Forum; Major Paper);
  2. articulate a personal leadership philosophy by applying relevant theory to their own professional practice (Discussion Forum; Major Paper);
  3. formulate conclusions about key challenges facing educational organisations and the interactions of these challenges with the practice of educational leadership (Critical Review; Discussion Forum; Major Paper);
  4. communicate competently with appropriate use of language and literacy, including spelling, grammar, punctuation and bibliographic referencing (Critical Review; Discussion Forum; Major Paper).

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Postcorporate influences on educational organisations 20.00
2. Professional leadership concepts: organisation-wide leadership processes
  • transformational, educative and strategic approaches: educators as leaders (organisation-wide)
30.00
3. Organisational challenges, use of data and related leadership concepts to address an identified challenge 30.00
4. Selecting and using forms of academic writing and communication appropriate for different audiences 20.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Crowther, F & Associates 2011, From school improvement to sustained capacity: the parallel leadership pathway, Corwin, Thousand Oaks, California.
Limerick, D, Cunnington, B & Crowther, F 2002, Managing the new organisation, 2nd edn, Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, New South Wales.

Assessment details

Description Weighting (%)
CRITICAL REVIEW 10
DISCUSSION FORUM 20
MAJOR PAPER 70
Date printed 10 February 2023