Area: | Department of Education |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Different approaches to studies of effective teaching and learning. Critiques of existing policy and practice. Efficacy of models of teaching effectiveness. Assessments of effective teaching, learning outcomes, and mediating variables. Social and individual forces in learning. Implications of research on teaching and learning in specialist fields. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- An understanding of the main theoretical approaches to research on teaching and learning. Considered what is good research on teaching and learning. Reviewed and critiqued selected research on teaching and learning. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | American Psychological Association. (2001), Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (fifth edition). Washington, American Psychological Association. Biddle, B.J., Good, T.L. and Goodson, I.F. (1997), International handbook of teachers and teaching (Volume three, pp. 879-937). Dordrecht, Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers. Denzin, N.K. and Lincoln, Y.S. (2000), Handbook of qualitative research (pp. 248-261). Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications. Richardson, V. (ed.) (2001), Handbook of research on teaching (fourth edition). Washington, American Educational Research Association. |
Unit Texts: | Good, T.L. and Brophy, J.E. (2002), Looking in classrooms (ninth edition). New York, Addison Wesley Longman. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment 1 Paper 20%, Assignment 2 Workshop 30%, Assignment 3 Literature review 50%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 70300 Curriculum and Education Studies (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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