Critically Reflective Practice in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning

Course aim

To extend the professional competencies of educators as critically reflexive practitioners who are enabled to theorise their practice and act on new knowledge as a means of bringing about change in the contexts in which they work.

Course content

Conceptions of reflective practice; personal characterisation of existing teaching style and strategies; values, beliefs and assumptions that underpin actions in working with adult learners; exploring alternative values and beliefs systems underpinning actions as an educator; disjuncture between values, beliefs, assumptions and practice and consequent implications for adult learning; planning for future action and change in practice as an educator.

Textbook(s)

Brookfield, S 1995, Becoming a critically reflective teacher, Jossey Bass, San Francisco

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 1062	Facilitating Learning with Adults
EDUC 1061	Assessment and Recognition of Learning in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning Contexts

Prerequisite courses or equivalent knowledge and skills from either BSZ 98 or TAA 04 Training Packages

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	10 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Reflective record, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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