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Unit of Study EDU10710 - Learners, Teachers and Pedagogies (2017)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    7

  • Level of learning

    Intermediate

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    Available to Secondary and 3007016 - Bachelor of Technology Education students only. Must be prepared to travel at least 90 minutes to and from a school for a professional experience placement. This unit offers a one day weekend workshop for external students.

Unit description

Introduces foundation concepts of learning, teaching and curriculum, various theories of, and models for, learning, how students' achievements impact on learning, and how social, ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds may affect learning. Pedagogical approaches, policy documents and organisational practices in a secondary school are considered.

Unit content

Module 1: Requirements and operational management
Orientations 

Module 2: Classroom and behaviour management
Developmental and other issues in classroom and behaviour management
Classroom discipline: Principles and practices

Module 3: Linking pedagogy curriculum and learning in the classroom
Organisation of a school
Policies and policy documents
Professional experience expectations and requirements
Professional Experience 1

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 1 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 identify developmental and other issues in classroom and behaviour management
2 evaluate ways in which society, culture, gender, race, religion and economic status affect the nature and outcomes of schooling
3 demonstrate how to apply appropriate pedagogical and management approaches through the development of rapport with students and other appropriate strategies
4 demonstrate a capacity to reflect critically on and improve teaching practice
5 identify the range of policies and policy documents and procedures that teachers may need to comply with following employment including an awareness of current NSW legislation, particularly those relating to child protection and teacher duty-of-care obligations
6 link pedagogy, curriculum and learning in the classroom (school placement), operations of a secondary school and roles and responsibilities of a teacher.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify developmental and other issues in classroom and behaviour management
    • GA4:
  2. evaluate ways in which society, culture, gender, race, religion and economic status affect the nature and outcomes of schooling
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. demonstrate how to apply appropriate pedagogical and management approaches through the development of rapport with students and other appropriate strategies
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. demonstrate a capacity to reflect critically on and improve teaching practice
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  5. identify the range of policies and policy documents and procedures that teachers may need to comply with following employment including an awareness of current NSW legislation, particularly those relating to child protection and teacher duty-of-care obligations
    • GA4:
  6. link pedagogy, curriculum and learning in the classroom (school placement), operations of a secondary school and roles and responsibilities of a teacher.
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:

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