edu5pp pedagogical prin
PEDAGOGICAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
EDU5PP
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject students will examine education and schooling principles in global and local contexts. Students will consider a variety of pedagogical styles and the principles on which they are based. Included will be theories of learning and mind including, humanistic and behaviourist theories and learning styles and preferences. Approaches to teacher evaluation will be examined and the issue of teaching as labour, profession or art will be discussed.
FacultyFaculty of Education
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorMargaret Robertson
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 5 - Masters
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
PrerequisitesN/A
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
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Readings | 12 brain/mind learning principles in action: the fieldbook for making connections, teaching, and the human brain, | Recommended | Caine, R. et al, | CORWIN PRESS 2005 |
Readings | Educating Psyche : emotion, imagination and the unconscious in learning, | Recommended | Neville, B. | FLAT CHAT PRESS 2005 |
Readings | Educational psychology for teaching and learning, | Recommended | Krause, K-L., Bochner, S., Duchesne, S. and McMaugh, A. | CENGAGE LEARNING AUSTRALIA 2010 |
Readings | Multiple intelligences: new horizons, | Recommended | Gardner, H. | NEW YORK: BASIC BOOKS; LONDON: PERSEUS RUNNING [DISTRIBUTOR], 2006. |
Readings | Psychology for educators, | Recommended | Vialle, W., Lysaght, P. and Verenikina, I. | THOMSON, SOUTHBANK 2005 |
Readings | Teacher voices: the school experience, | Recommended | Brady, L. | PEARSON EDUCATION, FRENCH'S FOREST 2003 |
Readings | The discipline dilemma, | Recommended | Lewis, R. | 2ND EDN, THE AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, MELBOURNE 1997 |
Subject options
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Melbourne, 2014, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorMargaret Robertson
Class requirements
Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 31 - 43
Four 6.0 hours lecture/workshop per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % |
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One group work presentation (500-words equivalent) | 20 | |
Online journal contributions (1500-words equivalent) | 30 | |
one 2000-word essay or equivalent | 50 |
Melbourne, 2014, Week 04-04, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorMargaret Robertson
Class requirements
Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 04 - 04
Four 6.0 hours lecture/workshop per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 04 to week 04 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % |
---|---|---|
One group work presentation (500-words equivalent) | 20 | |
Online journal contributions (1500-words equivalent) | 30 | |
one 2000-word essay or equivalent | 50 |