Learning and Teaching

Build your knowledge understandings and skills of how to facilitate student learning

Learning to become a well-informed, scholar teacher is a career-long enterprise. Join us as you start your journey, to develop a solid foundation in the fundamental principles of effective teaching and learning. We provide units at undergraduate and postgraduate levels for students studying on and off campus. A friendly approachable staff of experienced teachers, we strive to model the research-informed approaches we would like to see in schools both in our face-to-face and online teaching. Our units of study explicitly prepare you with knowledge and skills to teach the Australian Curriculum.

Our learning and teaching units will help you to:

  • understand how learners learn and how to facilitate their learning
  • explore a range of learning theories
  • understand the best research-informed teaching strategies and how to apply them
  • meet the needs of a diverse range of learners
  • understand that learners progress at different rates and how to differentiate the curriculum accordingly
  • identify and cater for the specific learning needs of highly able students including underachievers
  • plan for quality learning and teaching
  • build upon your previous knowledge and experiences to improve your scholarship
  • plan and implement robust formative and summative assessment practices
  • apply cutting-edge technologies to facilitate learning and teaching
  • utilise feedback as an effective instructional strategy
  • take responsibility to become the best teacher you can be
  • prepare you to work in diverse contexts – urban, rural and remote
  • and to teach within a range of circumstances – permanent, temporary and casual teaching

Units of study

Learning and Teaching units of study (EDLT prefix) are offered in undergraduate and postgraduate awards. For a detailed description, refer to the Unit Catalogue.

Courses of study

Learning and Teaching units are integrated into multiple undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered by the School of Education. See the range of Education courses with the Course Search.