units
EDF1304
Faculty of Education
This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.
Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.
Faculty
Coordinator(s)
Dr Thanh Pham (Berwick); Dr Maria Gindidis (Clayton); Dr Marc Pruyn (Peninsula)
This unit builds on the focus on learning and educational 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, early childhood settings, 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.
Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:
Exploring and interpreting curriculum (1600 words or equivalent, 40%)
Critiquing teaching and learning (2400 words or equivalent, 60%)
Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:
(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:
(b.) Additional requirements:
See also Unit timetable information
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
EDF1302