EDF3062 · Creative and critical teaching

Overview

In this unit, you will be introduced to the companion concepts of creativity and criticality; arguably two of the most important skills for future ready citizens. As a future teacher, you will explore teaching and learning strategies intended to embed student creativity and critical thinking in curriculum areas of study. You will also practice designing learning activities that provide space for student creativity and critical thinking whilst also addressing subject learning outcomes and engage closely with questions about how these skills can be assessed in education. As a secondary teaching specialist, you will explore the concept of critical and creative thinking as both a general capability and its application across other disciplines and cross curriculum priorities. In this unit, you will achieve the knowledge outcomes by engaging as learners and reflective practitioners with a range of critical and creative pedagogical practices.

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

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. articulate the key concepts, content, and skills of critical and creative thinking
2. identify the values and beliefs associated with creativity and critical thinking and the opportunities to support these skills in teaching
3. demonstrate knowledge of a range of research informed pedagogies to foster creativity and critical thinking in specific curriculum areas and in relation to teaching and learning more broadly
4. analyse and evaluate strategies for assessing creativity and criticality, and resources to support the development of critical and creative dispositions.

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.