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HED5031 - Higher education project: Design and literature review

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Education

Coordinator(s)

Dr Chan Chang Tik

Offered

Malaysia

First semester (extended) 2016 (Flexible)
Second semester (extended) 2016 (Flexible)

Synopsis

This unit is designed to bring about an increased awareness in teaching practice and improve student learning. Students choose any area of teaching and learning in higher education and design a negotiated project that will enable them to investigate and improve their own teaching practice.

Outcomes

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

negotiate and plan a project that is designed to bring about increased awareness in teaching practice and improve student learning
evaluate developments from both pedagogy and discipline-based research that are relevant to their personal teaching practice
identify suitable pedagogical research methodologies.

Assessment

Project proposal and literature review (minimum 4000 words, 100%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours:

2 contact hours per week (face-to-face and/or online)

(b.) Additional requirements

10 hours independent study per week including literature search and review time, reading and private study time and completion of assessment activities

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Chan Chang Tik

Prerequisites

First degree or equivalent