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Unit of Study EDUC5001 - Education and Change: The Lifelong Learner (2023)

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Unit description

Introduces paradigms and frameworks for understanding change, development and learning across the lifespan, with a focus on childhood and adolescence. Students explore current research and case studies to understand interactions between biological, psychological, and socio-environmental changes and developments. The unit provides opportunities for understanding and applying educational principles and practices with an emphasis on inclusion and diversity, differentiated learning design, behaviour support and critical and creative thinking. 

Unit content

Module 1: Learning across the Lifespan: Paradigms, Perspectives and Theories

Module 2: Biopsychosocial Changes and Developments I

Module 3: Biopsychosocial Changes and Developments II

Module 4: Integrative Case Studies

Module 5: Principles & Practices for Lifelong Learning I

Module 6: Principles & Practices for Lifelong Learning II

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Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term3,5
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Online
Term3,5
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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 basic biopsychosocial changes and developments in the context of education

understand the significance of social and emotional wellbeing on learning and development

demonstrate how theories that inform learning and development are implemented in learning and teaching contexts

Identify how different theoretical perspectives including socio-cultural contexts of children and adolescents, inform understandings of development and learning across the lifespan

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  • Berk, L, , 2013, Child development, 9th edition, Pearson, New Jersey. ISBN: 9780205149766.
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