GEC1901

Education ideas

Dr K E Stead

6 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
* Gippsland

Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should have acquired a working knowledge of basic concepts and theories of learning; increased their understanding of the roles of individual differences in the teaching- learning process; gained skills in observing and interpreting school and classroom behaviour on a scientific level (ie they will have learned to distinguish fact from conjecture, to think critically and to have read widely); developed new and evolving insights on the teaching and learning process; developed their own explicit personal model(s) of learning.

Synopsis A learner-centred approach is adopted where students develop a thorough understanding of the key human developmental growth indicators of cognition, language, physical growth, emotional growth and personality. Individual differences are recognised and the students draw on contributions from sociology, philosophy, history, literature and other relevant sources, in the development of their own explicit personal model(s) of human functioning and learning.

Assessment Assignment 1 (500 words): 20%
* Examination: 30%
* Assignment 2 (1500 words): 50%

Prescribed texts

Biggs J B and Moore P J The process of learning 3rd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1993
Stead K E Learning skills for tertiary students Professional Learning Systems, 1994