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Unit Summary
Unit type
PG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
Anti-requisites
have completed unit/s: EDU10514 - Understanding Children and Young People OR EDU00221 Teaching and Learning.
Unit aim
Introduces students to the physical, cognitive and social/emotional developmental domains of children and adolescents, and to how these domains influences learning. Theories of child and adolescent development and learning are reviewed and their implications for learning examined. The effects of learning contexts on children and adolescents are considered.
Unit content
Perspectives on development and learning
Physical development of children and adolescents
Cognitive development of children and adolescents
Social and emotional wellbeing of children and adolescents
Neuroscience and learning
Educational theories of child and adolescent learning
The sociocultural context on learning
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 | Identify the physical, social/emotional and cognitive development and characteristics of children and adolescents, and how these may influence learning | |||||||
2 | Understand the significance of social and emotional wellbeing on learning and development | |||||||
3 | Demonstrate how theories that inform learning and development are implemented in learning and teaching contexts | |||||||
4 | Identify how different theoretical perspectives inform understandings of the development and learning of children and adolescents | |||||||
5 | Identify how the socio-cultural contexts of children and adolescents influences learning and development, including Indigenous perspectives |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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Identify the physical, social/emotional and cognitive development and characteristics of children and adolescents, and how these may influence learning
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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Understand the significance of social and emotional wellbeing on learning and development
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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Demonstrate how theories that inform learning and development are implemented in learning and teaching contexts
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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Identify how different theoretical perspectives inform understandings of the development and learning of children and adolescents
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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Identify how the socio-cultural contexts of children and adolescents influences learning and development, including Indigenous perspectives
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5: