Postgraduate - UnitEDF6411 - Learning, curriculum, assessment and numeracy

This unit is only offered to cohorts and has two main foci. The first involves examination of key theories of learning, how these apply to numeracy learning, the nature of engagement in learning, key environmental factors influencing numeracy learning such as language, gender, cultural background, SES and the role of beliefs, motivation, and persistence. The issues of equity will be addressed, as will approaches to redress differences in achievement, along with processes for intervention to support individual learners.
The second focus relates to the nature of curriculum and the role of numeracy. Noting the commitment of Victoria to implementing the national curriculum and the key role of numeracy within that curriculum, this study will include examination of the principles of the curriculum generally, the role and contribution of numeracy to each of the curricula written, the implication of these for school based programs, the ways that learning is assessed. In particular the implications for school, level, and class planning and teaching will be considered.