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Unit of Study EDU91003 - Change and Innovation in Teaching and Learning (2015)

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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

    N/A

Unit description

Considers the nature of educational change and innovation and the conditions that facilitate it, with a particular focus on the role technology plays in relation to innovation and change. Students reflect critically on their own value, attitudes and beliefs about educational change and innovation and undertake an investigation of a case study in an area of personal or professional interest.

Unit content

The nature of educational change, including the influence of social, cultural, and political factors over time. Individual and collective values, attitudes and beliefs about change. Examples of trends and innovations. These would embrace case studies from a range of educational issues and areas of practice including (but not limited to):

  • The interpretation of grand narrative theories for the field of Education
  • Educational systems and structures
  • Traditions of educational focus, such as literacy, numeracy, multiliteracies etc.
  • Curriculum
  • Pedagogy and educational design
  • Student welfare
  • Student–teacher relationships
  • Physical learning environments
  • Technology

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 3 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 discuss the nature of educational change, including the influence of social, cultural, and political factors over time
2 critically reflect on personal values, attitudes and beliefs about educational change and innovation
3 Identify similarities and differences in the ways, over time, in which changes and innovations have arisen, been implemented and been embraced
4 critically evaluate a particular change or innovation of personal professional interest, and identify the factors that impact on the uptake or implementation of that innovation.

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

  1. discuss the nature of educational change, including the influence of social, cultural, and political factors over time
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  2. critically reflect on personal values, attitudes and beliefs about educational change and innovation
    • GA2:
    • GA5:
  3. Identify similarities and differences in the ways, over time, in which changes and innovations have arisen, been implemented and been embraced
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  4. critically evaluate a particular change or innovation of personal professional interest, and identify the factors that impact on the uptake or implementation of that innovation.
    • GA4:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

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