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Academy Documents
Please access the Students' Policies & Forms through this link. The following documents are all available in the link - Student Handbook, Student Code of Conduct, Students' Privacy Notice, Deferral, Suspension, and Cancellation Policy, Assignment Extension Policy, Re-Sit Policy, Complaints Procedure Policy, Equality Policy and Student Disciplinary Policy.
Online Sessions Link
To connect to the online sessions of this module please click on this link . You will be asked to register your attendance if you are not already signed in into your Zoom account. You will also be asked for the password which is below.
Meeting ID: 898 0404 8185
Passcode: 548723
Make sure that you show with your name & surname as you have been registered for the study programme. This is very important for attendance purposes.
Lecture Schedule & Notes
Lecture notes will be available during the week following the respective lecture. Schedule dates are indicative and may change. All changes, if any, may be communicated via email, SMS or telephone calls.
Lecture | Date | Time | Presentation | Notes (If Any) | Session Recording |
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Lecture 01 | 17 November 2022 | 17:30 to 20:30hrs | Presentation 01 | Request | |
Lecture 02 | 21 November 2022 | 17:30 to 20:30hrs | Presentation 02 | Request | |
Lecture 03 | 24 November 2022 | 17:30 to 20:30hrs | Presentation 03 | Request | |
Lecture 04 | 28 November 2022 | 17:30 to 20:30hrs | Presentation 04 | Request | |
Lecture 05 | 01 December 2022 | 17:30 to 20:30hrs | Presentation 05 | Request | |
Lecture 06 | 05 December 2022 | 17:30 to 20:30hrs | Presentation 06 | Request | |
Lecture 07 | 12 December 2022 | 17:30 to 20:30hrs | Presentation 07a Presentation 07b | Request |
Lecturer/s
Lecture Summaries & Suggested Reading
Lecture 1 - The Acts Regulating Education in Malta Part I
During the this and the following session the student will be introduced to
- the core legislation that regulates the delivery of Educational Services in Malta,
- other legislation that also has a direct impact on the key players involved in this fundamental sector for society
- Education Law
- other laws and practices that need to be understood before the student can grasp the importance of understanding the law of education in a context.
Core Reading List
Supplementary Reading List
- Bonnici, U.M. (2013) An introduction to the law of Education. Msida M: Malta Univ. Press.
Lecture 2 - The Acts Regulating Education in Malta Part II
During this session and the previous one, the student will be introduced to
- the core legislation that regulates the delivery of Educational Services in Malta,
- other legislation that also has a direct impact on the key players involved in this fundamental sector for society
- Education Law
- other laws and practices that need to be understood before the student can grasp the importance of understanding the law of education in a context.
Core Reading List
Supplementary Reading List
- Bonnici, U.M. (2013) An introduction to the law of Education. Msida M: Malta Univ. Press.
Lecture 3 - The Role, Rights and Responsibilities of the Teacher
Very often this aspect of Education Law is neglected, mainly due to two reasons: the major employer in our education sector is the Government and professionals in the education stream rarely view their employment contract as a contract at all. Nevertheless, when issues arise, and although they are not very common, they do in actual fact arise, one has always to resort to the contract regulating that employment in order to resolve that dispute.
Core Reading List
- Adams, N. (1984) Law and teachers today. London: Hutchinson.
Supplementary Reading List
- Sultana, R.G. (1992) Education and national development: Historical and critical perspectives on vocational schooling in Malta. Msida, Malta: Mireva Publications.
- Partington, J.A. (1984) Law and the new teacher. London: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Lecture 4 - The Academic Freedom and other Freedoms, Liabilities and Standard of Care
This session will be a continuation of the previous once since once again the student will be introduced to a crucial concept in Education Law: the standard of care.
However, this lecture will also cover the freedoms allowed to educators that are part and parcel of a meaningful teaching (and learning) experience, particularly what is called the academic freedom.
Core Reading List
- McCarthy, M.M., Cambron-McCabe, N.H. and Eckes, S. (2014) Public school law: Teachers' and students' rights. Boston: Pearson.
Supplementary Reading List
- Mangion, J.Z. (1992) Education in Malta. Valletta, Malta: Studia Editions.
Lecture 5 - Teachers Employment, Contracts and Collective Bargaining
Very often this aspect of Education Law is neglected, mainly due to two reasons: the major employer in our education sector is the Government and professionals in the education stream rarely view their employment contract as a contract at all. Nevertheless, when issues arise, and although they are not very common, they do in actual fact arise, one has always to resort to the contract regulating that employment in order to resolve that dispute.
Core Reading List
- Adams, N. (1984) Law and teachers today. London: Hutchinson.
Supplementary Reading List
- Sultana, R.G. (1992) Education and national development: Historical and critical perspectives on vocational schooling in Malta. Msida, Malta: Mireva Publications.
- Partington, J.A. (1984) Law and the new teacher. London: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Lecture 6 - Data Privacy and Education Implications Part I
Following this session students will understand the following in the context of the Maltese Education Sector:
- The Principles of data processing
- The Power of Data
- The main provisions in the GDPR and the Maltese Data Protection Act
- How to protect the data being processed and to limit the processing to what is necessary
- To identify whether acting as a Controller or Processor
- The Data Subject Rights.
Core Reading List
Supplementary Reading List
- Kolah, A., 2018. The GDPR Handbook: A Guide to Implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation. 1st ed. London: Kogan Page.
Lecture 7 - Data Privacy and Education Implications Part II
Following this session students will understand the following in the context of the Maltese Education Sector:
- The main provisions in SL 586.07 Processing of Personal Data (Education Sector) Regulations
- Extent of Monitoring Employees and Students
- Conducting a Data Privacy Impact Assessment
- Investigating a Potential Data Breach
- Responding to a Subject Access Request
Core Reading List
- SL 586.07 Processing of Personal Data (Education Sector) Regulations
- Data Protection Act, Cap 586 of the Laws of Malta
- General Data Protection Regulation, (EU) 2016/679
Supplementary Reading List
- Kolah, A., 2018. The GDPR Handbook: A Guide to Implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation. 1st ed. London: Kogan Page.
Methods of Assessment
Self Assessment 20% of final score - Students will be expected to sit for a multiple choice test during the module's sixth lecture on 5 December 2022. Students will be handed out with the test sheet and their answers during the last lecture on the 12 December 2022 and will be asked to correct their own submission.
1 Assignment 80% of final score
Assignment
You have to choose 1 out of the 3 questions which are available in the Assignment Submission form below. Assignment should be submitted by not later than Thursday 26 January 2023. The assignment has to be submitted together with the Assignment Submission Form. Please indicate the questions which you have addressed in the Assignment Submission form.
If you need information on how to plan, draft and submit your assignment follow the 21 Academy presentation on Writing and Submitting your Assignment.
We are also making the 21 Academy's Assignments Rubric available for your guidance. This is a performance-based assessment tool. Tutors will use the rubric to assist them to allocate scoring while it allows students to understand what is required in the assignment and how it will be graded. For referencing purposes, as much as possible please use the Oscola Referencing Guide.
Submitting Assignment - Turnitin
The Academy will notify you that assignment questions are available through an email. Through another email sent to you by turnitin (probably on the same day) you will be notified that you have been added to a "class" where you may upload your assignment/s. Assignments should be submitted by not later than 23:59hrs of the assignment submission deadline shown on the Assignment Submission form and/or the "class".
At 21 Academy you can submit more than one draft of your assignment before the submission final deadline. The last version left uploaded at the submission deadline will be considered to be your final submission paper and will be the one which will be assessed. Make sure that your final submission does not go beyond 20% similarity when including direct quotations (the sentences in-between quotes).
Follow this very short video to understand how to submit your assignment through turnitin - submitting a paper
To understand the similarity report generated by turnitin follow this 1 minute video - understanding the similarity report
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