Situated Teaching PG (9097.3)

Understanding the places in which we teach is an important precondition to facilitating effective student learning. This unit helps students develop a framework for recognising how places and communities differ, to develop cultural sensitivities, and to situate their practice to meet the learning needs if students in diverse geographic and cultural settings such as rural and remote settings, urban settings, and Indigenous communities. The unit explores the role of education in sustaining places and communities.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a range of approaches to recognise situated and culturally relevant knowledge; and
2. Apply a range of techniques in including diverse cultural knowledge in teaching and learning.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
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 - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
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

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

Enrolment in Master of Teaching

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.