University of Technology Sydney

010080 Teaching for Learning

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UTS: Education
Credit points: 3 cp
Result type: Pass fail, no marks

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Description

This core subject introduces students to learning and teaching in higher education. It builds on their own experiences of learning and teaching and examines key scholarship to exemplify and explore models for learning that guide what students are learning in the curriculum.

Subject learning objectives (SLOs)

a. Reflect on prior experiences to identify key learning priorities supporting developing teacher self
b. Analyse how learning design, constructive alignment in curriculum, feedback and assessment optimises student learning
c. Engage with key principles supporting inclusive teaching practices through knowledge of cultural, historic, and contemporary contexts that influence the lives of Indigenous peoples in the Solomon Islands, Australia and other contexts
d. Identify and describe key educational principles that underpin strategic priorities in relation to your teaching
e. Enhance multi-modal teaching skills to communicate effectively in a range of contexts