Learning, Teaching and Inquiry 1: Identity, Diversity and Adolescence

Course aim

To introduce students to concepts associated with learning and teaching in the secondary years, including adolescence and identity development as well as existing correlations between socio-cultural diversity and school engagement and outcomes. To examine strategies for learning about and responding to the strengths and the needs that secondary school students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds bring to their learning. To explore research into how students learn, and the implications for inclusive teaching.

Course content

Students will explore the links between social and cultural diversity and outcomes from education, with a focus on the adolescent, and consider socially just responses to diversity. Students will analyse the social construction of adolescence and the positioning of the secondary years as an important time of development both as individuals and as learners. The potential influence of students’ own identities and subjectivities on teaching practice and pedagogy will be considered. Theories of learning relevant to secondary schooling will be investigated, highlighting the diverse range of learning abilities

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	1 hour x 12 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 12 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
Online (Online lecture)	1 hour x 12 weeks
Online (Online activities)	2 hours x 12 weeks

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

Assessment

Group project, Learning log/Journal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.