Postgraduate - UnitEDF5655 - Expert teaching

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Flexible)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Rachel Forgasz

Synopsis

In this unit students are invited to draw on their experience as educators in diverse contexts and (re)consider teaching and learning through a range of challenging perspectives. Over four modules, students explore ideas about: teaching for transformation, teaching as relationship, teaching with emotion and teaching through the body. The unit requires students to think deeply about the philosophical purposes that guide their practice, the kinds of educator/learner relationships they develop and the kinds of knowledge forms that they draw into their teaching and learning. This work should provoke new ideas on and application of these aspects. Participation in this unit does not rely on prior teaching qualifications but on enthusiasm for teaching.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

understand multiple theoretical perspectives about teaching and learning
critically examine their own educational approaches through a range of theoretical lenses
develop and evaluate new approaches to their own professional practice as educators.

Assessment

Presentation (3000 words equivalent, 40%)
Research essay (4000 words, 50%)
Collaborative digital journal (1000 words equivalent, 10%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Rachel Forgasz

Workload requirements

Flexible mode offers a stand-alone online offering that allows students to learn and engage in content and assessment in a supported way. It also provides a face to face component of 12 hours over the semester to engage students with the online learning content, which students can attend if they are able and interested.

Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for flexible students:

12 contact hours and 24 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester or
36 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

independent study to meet the minimum required hours per semester

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Education - Expert teaching practice
Education - General