6804 (v.7) Ed 602 - Research on Learning in Educational Contexts

Area:

Department of Education

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** 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. **

Workshop:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

11062 (v.6) Ed 620 - Foundations of Educational Research or any previous version

Syllabus:

Current issues, theory and research on learning in educational contexts. Possible topics include current models of learning, information processing, constructivism, generative learning, mastery learning, and cooperative learning. Instructional approacheswhich support the learner. Problem solving. Thinking metacognition. Learning strategies. Self-management. Theories of motivation. Characteristics of the learner. Affective influences on learning.

** 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*:

Not Online
*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 1	Y			Y
2007	Bentley Campus	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