Foundations of Pedagogy (11765.1)

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 - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways

Prerequisites

This unit is only available to students in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Primary Education
- Bachelor of Primary Education (STeM)
- Bachelor of Primary Education (Creative Arts)
- Bachelor of Primary Education (H&PE)

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

9280 Introductory Nutrition, 11110 Reading Culture, Curating Culture, 11113 Introduction to Creative Writing, 11108 Big Stories: Culture, Memory and Power, 11129 Cultures and Diversity, 11130 Media Worlds, 4732 Communication in Science 577 Mathematical Methods

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.