Foundations of Pedagogy (11765.1)

Please note these are the 2023 details for this unit
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Foundations of Pedagogy
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods Online self-paced
On-campus
 Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Education
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Academic Program Area - Education Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
This unit introduces students to practical evidence-based teaching strategies that positively impact student learning and improves teacher efficacy. This unit will provide students with foundational pedagogical strategies which will support them during PCK units and professional experience placements.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, student will be able to:
1. Describe and explain the teaching and learning cycle;
2. Describe and explain evidence-based pedagogical strategies that improve student learning and teacher efficacy;
3. Analyse evidence-based pedagogical strategies identified in lesson observations.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas


Prerequisites

This unit is only available to students enrolled in an undergraduate course of initial teacher education.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2026 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2025 Bruce, Canberra Winter Term 26 May 2025 Online self-paced Mrs Stephanie Watts
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 28 July 2025 Online self-paced Mrs Stephanie Watts
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 28 July 2025 On-campus Mrs Michelle O'Brien
2026 Bruce, Canberra Winter Term 08 June 2026 Online self-paced Mrs Stephanie Watts
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 10 August 2026 On-campus Mrs Stephanie Watts
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 10 August 2026 Online self-paced Mrs Stephanie Watts
Not available

Required texts

Core Readings:

Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation. (2020). What works best: 2020 update. NSW Department of Education, cese.nsw.gov.au

 

State of Victoria. (2020). High impact teaching strategies: Excellence in teaching and learning. Department of Education and Training, Melbourne

 

AERO (2023). How students learn best: An overview of the learning process and the most effective teaching practices

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Students may use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as indicated in the assessment instructions for this unit. 

GenAI may only be used in authorised ways when completing assessments at UC. This means that GenAI can only be used for an assessment when:

  1. The Unit Convener has authorised its use for that assessment;
  2. The student uses it in the way that the assessment instructions allow for;
  3. The student fully acknowledges its use, with appropriate citations and references. Each referencing guide provided by the Library provides advice on how to appropriately reference the use of GenAI in-text.

Where the assessment instructions do not specifically state that GenAI may be used and how, then its use is not allowed for that assessment. If students are unsure, they should seek advice from the Unit Convener.

Students should be aware that the University of Canberra utilises GenAI detection software. Suspected instances of unauthorised GenAI use may lead to a Learning Validation Conversation' designed to provide assurance that a student is able to demonstrate relevant knowledge and skills to meet required learning outcomes. Students who are suspected of having misused GenAI in assessment may be required to attend a summary inquiry for suspected misconduct.

It is strongly recommended that students keep records of the development process for all works submitted for assessment, or drafts of work submitted for a work-in-progress review, in a learning portfolio or equivalent. Failure to provide evidence of the development process for assessment may influence a suspicion of GenAI misuse or other forms of academic misconduct. 

The GenAI for Students Library Guide provides further information, including how to reference GenAI.

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.

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

Special assessment requirements

An aggregate mark of 50% and submission of all assessment tasks is required to pass the unit.

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.

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

30 hours lectures and tutorial-linked activities

60 hours reading and tutorial-linked activities preparation

60 hours assessment preparation

Inclusion and engagement

It is strongly recommended that students who need assistance in undertaking the unit because of disability or an ongoing health condition register with the Inclusion and Engagement Office as soon as possible so that reasonable adjustment arrangements can be made.

Participation requirements

There is a strong correlation between participation and success in higher education. With this in mind, we encourage and expect students to actively participate in all module activities to enhance their learning opportunities..

As a unit of study offered in self-directed mode, there are no scheduled tutorial sessions however, unit drop-in sessions will be included during WT. 

Required IT skills

It is expected that students undertaking this unit will have a basic level of information technology competence that includes electronic manipulation of documents, PowerPoint, photographs, videos, slideshows, e-books, websites and apps.

Artificial intelligence services (GenAI) must not to 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. 

In-unit costs

NIL

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources focusing on effective evidence-based pegagogies for primary learning environments. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through collegial discussion, examining literature and research, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding. These activites include engaging in face-to-face tasks as well as online activities through CANVAS.