Learning and Teaching for Optimal Wellbeing
PostgraduateUND-EDUC50142024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 19 Feb 2024
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Learning and Teaching for Optimal Wellbeing
About this subject
On completion of this course students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
1. Examine the key issues of well-being for the contemporary higher education community
2. Critique global interventions and approaches to the promotion of wellbeing in higher education
3. Investigate well-being from a strength-based approach to develop and sustain resilience amongst educators and students
4. Apply curriculum and pedagogical evidence-based practices to support student well-being.
- Factors impacting academic and student wellbeing; supporting academic and student wellbeing; curriculum design for wellbeing.
Students will be sensitised to the issues of wellbeing in the academy, and will be encouraged to take a proactive approach to self-care and support the wellbeing of those they teach. Designing curriculum for wellbeing from an evidence and strengths based approach is core to the course. Students will be prompted to consider how belonging, relationships, autonomy, and competence can be harnessed in designing curriculum. Design takes into account assessment tasks and feedback principles that support student wellbeing.
- Presentation - 7 Minute Video Presentation (pre-recorded) (30%)
- Strategies that Support Student Mental Health Wellbeing (1500 Words) (30%)
- Create a Plan for Wellbeing of Self (2 pages) and Rationale (1500 words) (40%)
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The University of Notre Dame Australia is committed to delivering an excellent student experience, alongside a high standard of teaching, research, and training. As a leader in ethical education, Notre Dame aims to develop students’ critical reasoning and their ability to make ethical decisions—crucial skills to progressing their careers and leading purposeful lives. At Notre Dame, students navigate their future with an ethical education online.
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- UND-HED-MAS-2024 - Master of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
- UND-HED-GDI-2024 - Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
PostgraduateUND-HED-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
PostgraduateUND-HED-GDI