| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 |
| Old unit code |
300.485 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to apply pedagogical theories to classroom practice to explain critical events; demonstrate reflective teaching practices by relating issues from lectures and readings to relevant practicum experiences; and synthesise information from diverse sources to support views on current educational debates. |
| Content |
This unit introduces the main theories that inform teaching and learning and provides students with the understandings and skills to translate theory into practice. Students are encouraged to reflect on various approaches, techniques and philosophies of education, and to engage in current educational debates. |
| Assessment |
This includes two seminar presentations and a two-and-a-half-hour examination.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student or a student enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Education who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
Contact hours—lectures: 1 hr per week for 10 weeks; seminars: 2 hrs per week for 10 weeks
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| Text |
Krause, K. et al. Educational Psychology for Teaching and Learning: Victoria 2003
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Recommended
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Recommended readings are held in the Reserve Collection of the Education, Fine Arts and Architecture (EDFAA) Library. |
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
- Assistance with study skills, including English language skills, is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students (see http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/learning). Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423.
- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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