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Unit Summary
Unit type
PG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
Unit aim
Examines both the various processes that individuals go through as they attempt to change or enrich their knowledge, values, skills or strategies; and also the resulting knowledge, values, skills, strategies and behaviours.
Unit content
The unit comprises the following topics:
- Education psychology and the development of theories of learning
- Characteristics of the adult learner: physiological, self-concept, emotion, stress, anxiety, past experience, time, motivation, learning styles and abilities, developmental stages and transitions
- The emergence and critical debate of a theory of adult learning: Andragogy vs pedagogy
- Characteristics of the learning situation: directing, facilitating, collaborating, teaching models (information-processing, programmed learning, learner-centred), teacher characteristics
- Adult learning principles and their application to program planning.
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | demonstrate an understanding of the general issues involved in developing theories of learning | |||||||
2 | examine theories of adult learning and development | |||||||
3 | identify and assess the characteristics of the adult learner | |||||||
4 | identify and assess the characteristics of the adult learning situation | |||||||
5 | evaluate critical features of their workplace as a learning environment | |||||||
6 | demonstrate an appreciation of the major issues involved in applying adult learning theory to program design and delivery. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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demonstrate an understanding of the general issues involved in developing theories of learning
- GA4:
- GA6:
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examine theories of adult learning and development
- GA4:
- GA5:
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identify and assess the characteristics of the adult learner
- GA4:
- GA5:
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identify and assess the characteristics of the adult learning situation
- GA4:
- GA5:
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evaluate critical features of their workplace as a learning environment
- GA4:
- GA6:
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demonstrate an appreciation of the major issues involved in applying adult learning theory to program design and delivery.
- GA4:
- GA5:
- GA6:
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.