EDF6902

Leading learning communities ( points)

(EDU)

Leader: Dr B Beatty

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2005 (OCL)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (OCL)

Synopsis:

Objectives: At the completion of this Unit, students will be able to: 1. Engage in meaningful consideration of explicit and tacit knowledge throughout their schools and school communities by gathering and reporting on a school based knowledge inventory. 2. Use key concepts and practices of knowledge management, development and performance principles and organizational leadership to develop their action research plans. 3. Apply their learning from mentor partnerships in a mentoring relationship with a pre-service teacher in the Monash Teacher Education program and apply reflective practices by systematically completing regular entries into a comprehensive journal. 4. Demonstrate awareness of unit topics - such as knowledge management, school wide development and performance planning, management of resources and leading change - in journal entries and by engaging in the development and documentation of progress on a school and/or community collaboration project. 5. Read with discernment and write appropriately and substantially as a professional/scholarly action researcher.

Assessment: The written work (8,000 words) will be required across three assignments detailed in the following summary: 1. Review and report of action research project related knowledge from empirical articles and professional setting (4000 words) (Objectives 1, 2, 4, 5) Weight: 50%. . Reflective journal of integrated learning from readings, professional and personal experience. This assignment is written in the first person reflective voice. (4000 words) (Objectives 1, 3, 4) Weight: 50%. 3. Work self-directedly and collaboratively with peers by participating in the online forum discussions and creating a workshop/discussion/demonstration experience on an instructor approved topic. (Oral presentation – hurdle). (Objectives 1, 2, 3, 4,5)

Contact Hours: 3 hours per week

Prerequisites: EDF6901