Unit Outline

Applied learning is an approach that contextualises learning in a way to empower and motivate students, whilst developing the key skills and knowledge required for employment, further education and active participation in their communities. It involves students and teachers in partnerships and connections with individuals and organisations outside of the traditional learning environment, and recognises that there may be multiple pathways to the desired learning goals. This unit will identify applied teaching and learning strategies (e.g. case studies, problem-based learning etc,) and explore their theoretical underpinnings and ways of thinking, being and doing required for effective learning.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	analyse the theoretical foundation of applied learning practice.
2	apply the principles of applied learning within own discipline area.
3	evaluate applied learning within different educational settings.
4	Justify professional practice against standards and theoretical literature

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Applied Learning Theory	Week 4	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Application of Applied Learning	Week 9	50 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:	Reflective Statement	Week 13	20 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Applied Learning Theory

Task Description:

For this task, you will prepare and deliver a short (12-15min) presentation to a small group of people, who may be your teaching
peers or other colleagues, or friends who are in some way involved in education. In this presentation you will give an overview of applied learning theory and practice, linking it to any other models of teaching or learning that may exist in your educational institution (such as a mission statement in an RTO, the Australian Teacher professional Standards, and/or a school teaching philosophy statement), and showing how it applies in your own practice.

The presentation should include:
• Exploration of the theoretical foundations of applied learning.
• A demonstration of how applied learning theory relates to your own teaching and learning experience.
• Examples of how applied learning principles and strategies could be incorporated into teaching practices to enhance student learning within your own organisation.

*Components of this task are suitable for inclusion in your portfolio

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1

Task Length:

1500 words

Due Date:

Week 4

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Examine the relevance of applied learning pedagogies to own teaching practice (30%)	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
2	Explore the relationship between educational theory, professional standards, and teaching approaches (30%)	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
3	Reflect on personal professional practice and learning (30%)	LO1, LO3
4	Apply professional, ethical, and academic communication and research skills (10%)	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Application of Applied Learning

Task Description:

In this task you will draw upon the applied learning principles, unit readings, MyLO discussions, professional standards, and your own supervised teaching sessions to examine a range of different planning and delivery approaches within your own teaching context and identify strategies to modify/improve your individual and/or collective lesson planning to enhance student engagement and learning.
In more detail:
During the scheduled professional experience weeks, you will maintain a personal reflective journal in the form of a blog – this may be presented in written form, audio, video, or a combination of all three.
As involvement will vary at different periods during your active supervised teaching, you should consider the reflective journal “live” over the scheduled practicum period. That is, there should be continuous consideration and contribution to your blog.
Your blog will focus on the intense supervised teaching (10) hours and should consider alongside the applied learning principles:
a. lesson planning approaches
b. the impact of your personal teaching behaviours on student learning and/or engagement
c. Identify issues around lesson planning for engagement
d. Include wider observations
This blog should be no more than 1500 words long in written form, or 15 minutes of audio/video in total. A combination of these should consider these limits.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6

Task Length:

1500 words

Due Date:

Week 9

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Evaluate individual professional performance in responding to lesson planning in classrooms (30%)	LO1, LO2
2	Justify own and other’s approaches to lesson planning (20%)	LO2, LO4
3	Reflect on individual professional practice (30%)	LO3, LO4
4	Justify professional practice against applied learning principles and theoretical literature (20%)	LO4

Assessment Task 3: Reflective Statement

Task Description:

This task requires you to assemble a 1000-word reflective statement. This statement should extend on your blog submission to
demonstrate learning:
(a) From the experience,
(b) From the task

More information about this task will be available in the unit.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.4

Task Length:

1000 words

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Reflect on professional practice and continuing learning needs (30%)	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
2	Evaluate individual professional performance (30%)	LO2, LO3
3	Reflect on own learning with application of the feedback, standards, and theoretical literature (40%)	LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Academic progress review

The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Required Resources

Required reading materials