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Unit of Study TCH03193 - Foundations of Academic Practice in Higher Education (2014)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    8

  • Level of learning

    Introductory

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Enables participants to examine and evaluate their own teaching in a higher education context. Participants use reflective processes and collegial peer review to document their approaches to teaching and influences on student learning. Study in this unit situates teaching within the broader experience of academic practice and commences the development of a professional portfolio.

Unit content

  1. Examining key concepts that frame study about teaching and learning in higher education
  2. Exploring your approaches to teaching and adopting a learning focus to your teaching
  3. Planning a teaching event using principles of alignment
  4. Planning assessment for learning at the unit level
  5. Participating in and reflecting upon peer review as a form of feedback on teaching
  6. Engaging with the complexity of contemporary higher education academic practice

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 2 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 recognise the complexity of contemporary higher education teaching and learning practice and situate teaching within the broader concept of academic practice
2 apply the fundamental concept of curriculum alignment to plan and structure more effective teaching and learning experiences for students
3 build a discipline-focused pedagogy that is learning centred
4 participate in peer review as part of a scholarly approach to teaching
5 construct a small professional portfolio focused on an aspect of your academic teaching practice.

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

  1. recognise the complexity of contemporary higher education teaching and learning practice and situate teaching within the broader concept of academic practice
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. apply the fundamental concept of curriculum alignment to plan and structure more effective teaching and learning experiences for students
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. build a discipline-focused pedagogy that is learning centred
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. participate in peer review as part of a scholarly approach to teaching
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  5. construct a small professional portfolio focused on an aspect of your academic teaching practice.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.