EDUC6903
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course is designed to explore and evaluate the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education contexts, including learning theories, evidence-based teaching and learning strategies, and action research. Students will engage with inquiry approaches to the scholarship of teaching and learning, and consider how this informs teaching and learning in their own professional practice.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Online
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Analyse and apply key concepts from scholarship of teaching and learning
2. Document reflective practice in your teaching context
3. Design an action research project to evaluate your teaching
4. Develop your own research-based philosophy of teaching
Content
Topics will include:
- Taxonomies of learning
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Reflective and inquiry approaches to teaching and learning
- Documenting Professional Practice
- Understanding accreditation in the higher education context
- Higher education teaching philosophies
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Teaching Practice Reflection
Professional Task: Philosophy of Teaching
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Online
Lectorial-1
- Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.