Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

6607 (v.8) Ed 502 - Theories of Learning


Area:

Department of Education

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.5
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2.5 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

6606 (v.7) Ed 501 - Development and Special Education or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

Nature of learning. Product and/or process variables. Development. Outcomes. Processes - theoretical, behaviourist, cognitive, developmental, information processing and humanistic approaches. Learning and retention. Method of presentation - motivation, discovery and expository methods, programmed instruction, computer assisted learning, simulation and role playing. Teaching for transfer. Individual differences. Difficulties in school. Educational measurement.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

070300 Curriculum and Education Studies (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

11 - Education

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2007 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2007 Esperance Community College Semester 2 Y        
2007 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 2 Y        
2007 Geraldton University Centre Semester 2 Y        
2007 Pilbara TAFE Karratha Semester 2 Y        
2007 Pilbara TAFE Sth Hedland Semester 2 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

 
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