EDF5625 - Educational organisations, culture and change

Overview

This unit focuses on understanding how leaders influence change in educational organisations. You will develop your knowledge and skills to effect change and set directions for individuals and groups, shape organisational culture, facilitate the development of shared goals, and encourage others to participate in change processes. As educational organisations are varied and dynamic, leaders are faced with a multitude of demands. This unit will broaden your perspectives on issues related to diversity in organisations and common reasons individuals resist organisational change. At the conclusion of the unit, you will be prepared to lead diverse groups of educators and learners towards successful organisational change.

Offerings

S2-01-CLAYTON-FLX-BLK

Requisites

Prohibition

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Dr Venesser Fernandes

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Venesser Fernandes

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:

understand how leaders shape organisations and organisational culture

think critically and challenge traditional notions of change in educational settings

examine the ways leaders can create positive change in educational organisations

reflect on personal values, beliefs, thinking, and leadership actions as they relate to organisational change

identify issues of inequity in educational organisations

develop a plan to create equitable educational organisations

Teaching approach

Active learning

Assessment

1 - Equity audit (4000 words or equivalent)

2 - Responding to equity audit (4000 words or equivalent)

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Lectures

Tutorials

Workload requirements

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 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, 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

• 36 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.

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