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Unit of Study EDU91001 - Developing a Professional Portfolio: Part A (2018)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    9

  • Level of learning

    Introductory

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    Minimum 1 year experience working in a professional context (e.g. as an educator in an early childhood, school, vocational, adult or higher education context OR in social, family, community, health or other equivalent organisational setting).

Unit description

Provides support for students seeking to develop a professional portfolio that provides tangible evidence of a high level of professional learning achieved against established standards of attainment. Students will plan and implement appropriate strategies for collecting, selecting, documenting and evaluating evidence of professional learning.

Unit content

  1. The nature of lifelong learning, professional development and reflective practice
  2. The role of professional or industry standards in informing ongoing professional practice, learning and development
  3. Professional ePortfolios, reflective practice and continuing professional development  
  4. Categories and sources of quality evidence for professional ePortfolios
  5. Self-reflection, peer critique, setting learning goals and ongoing development of professional ePortfolios

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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 Discuss the role of standards in informing professional practice and ongoing professional learning
2 Critically appraise the various functions, forms and features of professional portfolios
3 Plan an appropriate strategies to collect, select and critique rigorous data and evidence for inclusion in a professional portfolio
4 Present a ‘working’ professional portfolio that provides evidence of a high level of professional learning against an established set of standards
5 Demonstrate autonomy, adaptability, responsibility and critical reflection and judgement as a life-long learning practitioner

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

  1. Discuss the role of standards in informing professional practice and ongoing professional learning
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. Critically appraise the various functions, forms and features of professional portfolios
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
  3. Plan an appropriate strategies to collect, select and critique rigorous data and evidence for inclusion in a professional portfolio
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
  4. Present a ‘working’ professional portfolio that provides evidence of a high level of professional learning against an established set of standards
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  5. Demonstrate autonomy, adaptability, responsibility and critical reflection and judgement as a life-long learning practitioner
    • GA5: