Improving Educational Practice Through Professional Learning
PostgraduateTAS-EDP5052024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 22 July 2024
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Improving Educational Practice Through Professional Learning
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Apply the theory of reflective practice to demonstrate the increasing capacity to reflect on, identify and justify professional learning needs.
- Engage in professional discourse to evaluate the role and application of professional standards in divergent educational environments.
- Examine the effectiveness of collegially moderated peer-review and involvement in professional collaboration to improve teaching practice.
- Engage with the literature which informs the theoretical frameworks for professional educational identity and learning in communities of inquiry and use multiple source types to evaluate different perspectives.
- Module 1: Reflective Practice for Improved Teaching
- Module 2: The Vocational Education Practitioner
- Module 3: Appreciate Inquiry Focused e-Portfolios for Sharing Practice
The subject is previously titled as "Educational Professionalism".
The subject focuses on three main areas: 1) the development of professional identity, 2) the practice of appreciative inquiry and collegial moderation, 3) evaluating the impact of independent professional learning on educational environments.
It asks you to contextualise your professional identity in a current workplace environment as well as in the broader community. The practices of collegial, constructive criticism and peer mentoring are integral to this subject, and you will gain valuable knowledge in these processes through an appreciative, strength analysis of your professional capabilities. You will learn and apply skills in appraising ideas and evaluating their impact on educational practice. You will be introduced to portfolios as a reflective tool to help you to identify and contextualize your capacities, and the reflective journal as a foundation for independent and collaborative professional learning.
In this subject you will create and share a professional artefact and align this with relevant professional standards. You will participate in a peer-review process to appreciate and evaluate the divergent educational environments of your peers and the potential for increased sharing of knowledge through a range of online tools. You will explore these issues by engaging with educational theory, critical reflection, collegial moderation, and peer discussion.
- Quiz (5%)
- Collegially Moderated Strength Analysis (50%)
- Reflective Journal Analysis (45%)
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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
- TAS-EDN-GCE-2024 - Graduate Certificate in 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.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Education
PostgraduateTAS-EDN-GCE