ED951.506 Creating and Designing for the Profession
Unit Description
Pre-requisites
Must have completed 75% of the course AND
ED950.506 Research Practices for Innovative Educators
Co-requisites
None.Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
Apply an understanding of appropriate pedagogical or educational management theory.
Construct a reliable research design through pilot testing, statistical testing or case study analysis.
Demonstrate a synthesis of theory and research about the area of pedagogy or school life culture for an aid, curriculum artefact or device.
Critically analyse and apply the architecture of the educational product in the light of field based data.
Justify a tested educational product in a professional or academic publication.
Critically apply reflexive practice to their own learning process and ongoing development as a teacher including their understanding of the Christian faith in the context of Christian worldview, Scripture and broader vocation.
Unit Description
As a capstone, this unit invites students to synthesise and apply the various knowledges they have gathered to responding to an education task or issue. Students will design an educational resource; that is, a product or, service for the benefit of the education community. It maybe any artefact such as a new simulation game, a series of lessons, an app, a Powerpoint training presentation, a valid test of competence or understanding and so forth. The construction of the artefact will be based upon theoretical and research foundations, utilised in their classroom or wider school context and refined or revised in according to findings to improve its facility.
Unit offerings
Independent/Flexible: (Every Year, Semester 2)Please note
The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.
This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.