EDU5MTS
METHODS OF TEACHING (SECONDARY)
EDU5MTS
Not currently offered
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
The focus in this subject is on developing understandings about approaches to learning and teaching relevant to the discipline specific curriculum and pedagogical studies. Students develop their capacity to design and create productive, high quality learning experiences for 21st century secondary and post-compulsory learners within their disciplines. Students engage in critical inquiry about current models of curriculum and build their capacity to understand and interpret educational policy and pedagogical approaches, in relation to learning outcomes and learning experiences, in diverse educational settings, focused on their discipline areas.
SchoolSchool of Education
Credit points30
Subject Co-ordinatorEva Dakich
Available to Study Abroad StudentsNo
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 | N/A | Recommended | N/A | N/A |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Understand and interpret latest research on the characteristics of secondary aged learners and their needs
- Activities:
- Understanding the needs of secondary and post-compulsory learners
02. Develop a critical understanding of the role of curriculum in secondary and post-compulsory settings
- Activities:
- Curriculum design for secondary and post compulsory education (VET, VCAL, VCE) Teachers and the hidden curriculum Curriculum and communities of practice
03. Demonstrate capacity of working with the National Curriculum and other curriculum models in secondary and post-compulsory contexts
- Activities:
- Understanding the National Curriculum and other curriculum models (AUSVELS, VELS)
04. Synthesize and apply understandings of curriculum, planning and assessment to demonstrate capacity for designing and creating high quality learning experiences
- Activities:
- Understanding the purpose and outcomes of learning Assessment and evaluation of learning
05. Develop critical awareness and capacity to participate in open to learning conversations, share ideas and practices and engage in collaborative reflection and practitioner research.
- Activities:
- New pedagogies in new learning environments (open-space environments, multimodal literacies and cross-disciplinary learning) Inclusion, differentiation, capacity-building through collaborative learning mentoring and peer-support Metacognition and self-regulated learning
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