Course code: 2550 + Total credit points required: 24 + 2
years part-time only + Multimode (Clayton; Gippsland; Peninsula)
Contact: Mr Henk Eijkman (telephone +61 3 9905 6817 for initial
inquiries)
This course, offered by the Higher Education Development Unit, is designed
to equip teachers in higher education institutions for the rapidly changing
teaching and learning environment in which they operate. It seeks to encourage
a scholarly and professional approach to university teaching. Upon completing
the course, participants should be able to demonstrate knowledge and competence
in the following areas: designing and evaluating a teaching program, using a
range of teaching methods, designing and applying assessment strategies and
providing student support, and planning and undertaking an educational change
project.
Participants should also be able to demonstrate the application of the above
knowledge and competencies to their discipline or professional area. Currently,
the course is available only to academic staff members at Monash.
Participants must have a first degree or equivalent qualifications or experience considered by the faculty board to be equivalent to, or a satisfactory substitute for, the above awards. Participants must be actively involved in tertiary teaching.
The course comprises three core units and one elective unit:
Select one of the following:
# Note the following:
(i) Participants may substitute up
to two units from the Graduate Certificate of Higher Education with directly
relevant units in the Graduate Certificate in Law Teaching (course code 3383)
or the Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education (course code
3413), ie HED5002 (Teaching for learning) may be substituted with LAW7288
(Tradition and practice in law teaching) or MEU002 (Developing clinical
teaching and supervision), with the approval of the course coordinator.
(ii)
HED5001 is a prerequisite for the units HED5002, HED5003 and HED5004. The units
HED5001, HED5002 and HED5003 are prerequisites for HED5004. However, students
should consult the course coordinator to assist in planning their program if a
different pathway is required.
This is a conceptual outline only. It gives a general indication of how the course will progress and is subject to change without notice. Students should consult course coordinators to assist in planning their program.
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