EDF1070 · Understanding students as learners

Overview

This unit explores significant aspects of child and adolescent development, behaviours and relationships within the context of teacher education. It builds your understanding of the cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and cultural perspectives of child and adolescent development in the P-12 years and the possible implications for learning. You will inquire into strategies for managing the teaching and learning of diverse learners, with particular emphasis on both positive and challenging behaviours, interactions and relationships of children and adolescents, based on contemporary knowledge of development. You will develop understanding of how to devise a broad range of strategies for involving parents/carers and other community service and health providers in the educative process.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. show an understanding of both childhood and adolescence (P-12) as periods of diverse individual development in our society
2. demonstrate an understanding and apply various approaches to fostering positive interactions in classroom contexts across P-12, including developing a broad range of strategies for involving parents/carers in the educative process to maximise success for students with diverse needs
3. examine the likely impact of factors such as culture, family, genetic inheritance, environment and life experiences on children and adolescents
4. analyse a range of learning theories, contemporary theoretical perspectives and practical approaches to fostering positive interactions
5. identify effective teaching strategies that support positive interactions and or address challenging behaviours, whilst enhancing learning.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. *Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.