units

HED5051

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 23 December 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Education
OfferedMalaysia First semester (extended) 2014 (Flexible)
Malaysia Second semester (extended) 2014 (Flexible)
Coordinator(s)Professor Tessa Dunseath

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the teaching and learning cycle, focusing on the fundamental principles of teaching, learning and assessment within the international and South East Asian context. In this unit effective teaching is viewed as a continually evolving practice based on review, reflection, and revision to suit the characteristics of the higher education student cohorts in the South East Asian region. The significance of the impact of teaching on higher education students' approaches to learning also frames the unit. Students will focus on the principles for reviewing and developing engaged teaching and inclusive, higher education student-centred materials. Students will develop learning outcomes, align content and teaching methodologies with those outcomes, gather feedback and reflect on their teaching. The varied aspects and conceptions of student assessment will be examined, and strategies for reviewing and improving assessment practices will also be investigated.

Outcomes

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

  1. understand the context for higher education teaching and learning in South East Asia
  2. recognize student learning as the primary objective of teaching
  3. construct a teaching and learning program and sessions to engage higher education students in active learning
  4. evaluate and select learning materials objectively to address cultural and linguistic barriers to learning
  5. instigate effective and purposeful peer-review of their teaching
  6. correlate the purposes of assessment practices with the learning objectives within South East Asian learning and teaching contexts
  7. apply, modify or integrate relevant key concepts when planning and/or employing assessment tasks
  8. devise, create or adapt techniques for providing quality and timely feedback to their higher education students.

Assessment

Assessment will be by four inter-unit assignments of 20%, 30%, 20% and 30%) each submitted as part of a portfolio (4000 words approximately, 100%)

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Tessa Dunseath

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload comprises:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • 12 contact hours in workshops to be held over 2.5 days prior to the teaching semester

(b.) Additional requirements:

  • 10-12 hours independent study per week

Prerequisites

First degree or equivalent

Co-requisites

Must be concurrently teaching