Curriculum Design and Evaluation PG (11390.1)

Required texts

Macalister, J. & Nation, P. I.S.P. (2020). Language Curriculum Design (2nd ed.). Routledge.

Richards, J. (2017).  Curriculum Development in Language Teaching (2nd ed). Cambridge University Press.

During the semester, we will also be drawing on an additional textbook-available online

Graves , K. (2000). Designing Language Courses: A Guide for Teachers. Heinle and Heinle.

The textbooks can be purchased online or borrowed from the UC library.

Additional resources will be made available on the unit Canvas site.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Approval of extenuating circumstances will be dependent upon the production of supporting documentation and at the discretion of the unit convener.

All assessment items required to be submitted online must be submitted via the appropriate Canvas drop box. It is the student's responsibility to upload the correct and corresponding draft or assessment item to the right submission section. Assignments must be submitted in a format accessible to the assessor(s), as stated on the relevant Canvas site. If the unit convener and/or tutor are unable to access a submission, or if no submission has been made by the due date and time, a standard late penalty of 10% of the total marks possible for the task may be applied per day, for three days, after which the submission will receive a score of ‘0' in keeping with UC's Assessment Policy.

Special assessment requirements

1. Students must complete every assessment item in order to pass the unit. An aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the unit.
2. Students should keep a copy of any assessment item that has been submitted.
3. Moderation is used in the TESOL courses to maintain agreed standards in the assessment of student work through a valid, consistent and transparent process, in line with the UC Assessment policy. 
4. Special consideration: In the case of illness, misadventure or unavoidable commitments, participants should contact the unit Convener as soon as possible.
5. If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any particular assignments or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the lecturer about the matter.
6. Please note that the University takes student conduct very seriously. All documentation provided to University staff must be valid and the provision of fraudulent documentation carries with it potentially serious consequences, including suspension and/or exclusion from the University. Note that all allegations of student misconduct will be referred to the Associate Dean for Education (ADE) as a prescribed authority for investigation.

Format requirements for all assignments:

1. Font: Times or Times New Roman
2. Size: 12
3. Spacing: 1.5 or double
4. Referencing style: APA  7th edition style. Information available through the Library website: https://canberra.libguides.com/referencing 
5. Use page numbering.
6. Check your work carefully for spelling and grammatical errors.
7. All assignments must be submitted in word format. Please indicate word length on the first page.

8. References should be listed on a separate page, be attached to the end of your assignment (but before any appendices), and consist of several references. Please note that only references appearing in the assignment text should be listed on your page of references.

9. Appendices should be numbered and linked to the main body of the assignment.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

Students are expected to devote ten hours a week for the completion of this unit and the remaining hours can be allocated to unit related tasks based on students' preference and need.

The time devoted to the unit would normally consist of:
Reading (required text and additional readings) 30
Attending/listening to lectures and participating in tutorials 36
Tutorial preparation 14
Participation in online activities/forum 10
Assessment items 60
 

Participation requirements

Your participation in both class and online activities will enhance your understanding of the unit content and therefore the quality of your assessment responses. Students are expected to do the relevant reading and listen to the lecture recordings prior to the tutorial session. Lack of participation may result in your inability to satisfactorily pass assessment items. 

Required IT skills

Students are expected to have word processing and IT skills to allow them to fully engage in the unit through Canvas and to complete their assessment. This includes basic word processing skills, downloading documents/files from Canvas, posting messages, uploading assignments, and using the library catalogue and library databases.

Artificial intelligence services must not be used for assessment or assessment preparation by students unless explicitly allowed in the assessment instructions for an assessment task published with the assessment task and/or in the unit outline. That is, an artificial intelligence services may only be used if:

• its use is authorised by the unit convener as part of a specified
  assessment task, and
• it is used in the way allowed in the assessment instructions and/or unit outline, and
• its use is appropriately referenced, meaning that students must reference the use of AI in their assessment in the same way as they reference other source material.

More information about the use of GenAI will be offered in class.

In-unit costs

The textbooks are available from the School Locker or other online bookstores should you wish to purchase them. They are also available for borrowing at the UC library.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

Research-Led education

There are active researchers teaching the unit who are able to engage students in deep and active learning and transmit to students their passion for the research they are carrying out. Assessment items encourage project and inquiry-based learning.

Provision of information to the group

Notifications through the Canvas Announcements Forum or the Canvas Discussion Forums are deemed to be made to the whole class.  It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that they check for announcements on the Unit's Canvas website (forum messages are also emailed to student email addresses only).  Students should ensure they check their student email regularly. The Canvas discussion forums will be checked by staff regularly.

Use of student email account

The University Email policy states that "students wishing to contact the University via email regarding administrative or academic matters need to send the email from the University account for identity verification purposes".  Therefore all unit enquiries should be emailed using a student university email account. Students should contact servicedesk@canberra.edu.au if they have any issues accessing their university email account.

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