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Leader: Mr D Zyngier
Offered:
Peninsula First semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis: This unit will consider the issues of how teachers can best recognize and engage with difference of learners 5 -12 years. A range of theories of development and learning and the implications for teaching practice in the primary school setting will be explored. The unit prepares pre-service teachers to critically reflect on their understanding and knowledge of learner development in the context of cultural knowledges as a basis for identifying and responding to group and individual difference and development in socially just ways.
Objectives: Upon successful completion of this unit, students should have acquired an understanding of learning theories and frameworks within the context of recognition and engagement with student difference and diversity; principles and strategies for effective learning and teaching with specific reference to child development, values, beliefs and group identity; skills in planning and managing individual, small group and sequential learning sessions, including means of assessing and reporting what students learn.
Assessment: Case Study folio (Equivalent to 2400 words): 60% + Seminar (Equivalent to 1600 words): 40%
Contact Hours: 3 hours per week