Classroom Management and Research: Online PrEx 10 days (EDUC540)

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of research into how students learn, including knowledge of child and adolescent development, and the implications for teaching by observing recordings of teacher practice, gathering data, analysing, evaluating findings informed by current research literature, and synthesising knowledge of effective teacher practice (GTSD 1.1.1, 1.2.1);
2. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of teaching areas (including literacy and numeracy in primary and secondary contexts), by observing teacher practice, and critiquing in terms of current research literature (GTSD 1.5.1, 2.1.1);
3. demonstrate understanding of a range of teaching strategies including verbal and non-verbal communication to support student engagement by observing teacher practice, and critiquing in terms of current research literature (GTSD 3.3.1, 3.5.1);
4. identify, observe and critique practising teachers’ strategies to support inclusive student participation, engagement in classroom activities, the management of challenging behaviours, and implications for mental health, informed by research literature (GTSD 4.1.1, 4.2.1, 4.3.1, 4.4.1);
5. demonstrate understanding of the purpose of providing timely and appropriate feedback to students about their learning by observing teacher practice, and critiquing in terms of current research literature (GTSD 5.2.1); and
6. demonstrate an understanding of the sources of professional learning, a rationale for continued professional learning and the implications for improved student learning by engaging in collaborative professional learning processes (GTSD 6.2.1, 6.4.1, 7.4.1).