468-803 Learning Principles and Practice

Credit Points

Prerequisites

Successful completion of, or concurrent enrolment in, Professional Practice 1.

Semester

Contact

Objectives

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• demonstrate interpersonal practices for working with colleagues and students, that enable the development of constructive professional relationships and a positive learning environment;
• recognise the diversity of learning needs and styles and potential barriers to learning within a group;
• develop strategies for meeting learners' needs and enabling individuals to overcome learning difficulties they may experience; and
• understand major theoretical perspectives on learning and the implications these have for educational practice and the development of lifelong learners.

Content

A study of: interpersonal and personal management skills; strategies for building learning group cultures; leadership styles and group processes; individual and cultural differences leading to particular difficulties in learning; models for understanding resistance to learning; an analysis of selected models of learning from different theoretical perspectives.

Assessment

One essay of 3000 words (40%) and one case study of 4500 words (60%).