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Unit of Study EDU93113 - Evaluation for Improved Teaching and Learning (2017)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    9

  • Level of learning

    Advanced

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Provides students with the skills to identify and utilise data to improve educational performance (staff, student or whole school performance). Students evaluate traditional and alternate approaches to assessment, and critically reflect on the recalcitrant issue of the influence of low socio-economic status on student outcomes, and the current policy emphases on teacher quality and school improvement. Encourages students to use a wide range of data to improve performance in a systematic way, and to defend claims of improvement with strong evidence. 

Unit content

Topic 1: The purposes and methods of data collection and analysis in education. 

Topic 2: Utilisation of data to improve teaching and learning.

Topic 3: The data-driven educational environment: NAPLAN, PISA, OECD, My School.

Topic 4: The on-going influence of low socio-economic status (SES) on student outcomes and the problem of disengagement from schooling.

Topic 5: Critical analysis of accountability policies and practices and alternatives to current approaches. 

Topic 6: Leading innovation and continuous improvement in schools.

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Not currently available in 2017

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 Demonstrate an understanding of traditional and alternative methods of data collection and analysis to improve teaching and learning, and their respective strengths and weaknesses.
2 Apply knowledge of appropriate data collection and analysis to specific educational environments.
3 Critically analyse current educational evaluation agenda, and the concepts of accountability and performance in educational settings, with a view to leading improvement and innovation in evaluation.

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

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of traditional and alternative methods of data collection and analysis to improve teaching and learning, and their respective strengths and weaknesses.
    • GA1:
  2. Apply knowledge of appropriate data collection and analysis to specific educational environments.
    • GA3:
  3. Critically analyse current educational evaluation agenda, and the concepts of accountability and performance in educational settings, with a view to leading improvement and innovation in evaluation.
    • GA2: