units

EDF1304

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 27 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Education
OfferedBerwick Second semester 2015 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day)
Peninsula Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Thanh Pham (Berwick); Dr Maria Gindidis (Clayton); Dr Marc Pruyn (Peninsula)

Synopsis

This unit builds on the focus on learning and education inquiry skills in EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1 and introduces contemporary approaches to teaching and ways to investigate such approaches. It encourages students to explore and examine teaching relationships including modes of communication, teaching models and strategies, and the management or organisation of learning situations. From the perspective of broader educational settings (school, community, home) learning and assessment tasks require students to analyse and reflect on teaching and learning processes within diverse educational contexts and consider the implications of the Australian curriculum on effective teaching and learning.

Outcomes

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

  1. develop an understanding of contemporary approaches to teaching and their impact on learning
  2. reflect on the role of communication, teaching strategies and the management and organisation of learning situations in promoting positive learning and teaching relationships
  3. develop an awareness of the impact that diverse individual, social and cultural contextual factors have on teaching and learning
  4. begin to understand the role of the teacher in exploring aspects of teaching and learning in a range of settings.

Assessment

Teaching and learning case study analysis (1600 words or equivalent, 40%)
Critical essay on curriculum and teaching and learning approaches (2400 words or equivalent, 60%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

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

  • 2 contact hours per week

(b.) Additional requirements:

  • 10 hours of independent study per week

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Sivanes Phillipson

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

Early years education
Early years and primary education
Primary education
Primary and secondary education
Primary and secondary health and physical education
Primary and secondary special education
Secondary education
Secondary health and physical education

Prerequisites

EDF1303

Prohibitions

EDF1302