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Unit of Study EDUC1006 - Interdisciplinary Studies: Crossing the Line (2024)

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    Students will be required to undertake an online Professional Experience Laboratory equivalent to 5 days of observations.

Unit description

Encourages deep understandings through interdisciplinary explorations of real-world problems, solutions and responses. Students develop their understanding of a variety of interdisciplinary frameworks as well as explore connections between disciplines. These frameworks are applied to observations of teaching and learning in the real-world. The unit emphases critical and creative thinking, literacy and numeracy, and ethical and interconnected approaches to problems that matter. 

Unit content

Module 1. Introduction to Interdisciplinarity: definitions and frameworks.

Module 2. Transforming Language and Literacy through Interdisciplinary Approaches.

Module 3. Transforming PDHPE and Humanities through Interdisciplinary Approaches.

Module 4. Transforming the Creative Arts through Interdisciplinary Approaches.

Module 5. Transforming STEM through Interdisciplinary Approaches.

Module 6. Interdisciplinary Futures: where to from here.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term3
Term3
Gold Coast
Term1,3
Term1,3
Lismore
Term3
Term3
Online
Term1,3
N/A

Learning outcomes

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:

identify and critically engage with concepts, principles and theories of disciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity

define and understand a chosen discipline in relation to other disciplines

identify and understand applications of interdisciplinary approaches to problems or challenges

develop and apply an interdisciplinary framework to a specific problem or challenge

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