Task Description:

This task is a quiz that will help you to consolidate learning in relation to modules one, two, and three in the unit, in preparation for the development of your learning and teaching philosophy in AT3. You will be required to complete the quiz in three parts over the semester at the culmination of each module.

Further information around this task will be provided in the unit.

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 5

Weight:

20 %

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Task Description:

In this task, you will create a presentation using Zoom or the Screenpal application that will demonstrate your understanding of the psychological and social orientations to learning that we cover in Module Two.

The presentation will have a maximum of 12 slides, a running time of 15-20 minutes, and be positioned as if you were explaining these perspectives to new teachers in applied learning settings. Your presentation should include each of the following approaches to learning:
1. Behaviourism
2. Cognitivism
3. Humanism
4. Social Learning

For each perspective, you will:
1. Outline the key theorists and their constructs.
2. Articulate how you believe learning could be achieved by drawing upon relevant aspects of the perspective. To do this, you should consider something that you teach and use it to demonstrate a construct described by the theorists that you have referred to in the presentation. For those not already teaching, think about skills that you teach in other areas, e.g., at work, or with your own or other’s children.
3. Reflect on your own experiences as a learner and provide an example of your own learning that illustrates each perspective in action.
4. Reflect on your own learning in the unit. How has your own learning been extended through a deeper understanding of these theories? How will this extend to your professional learning?
5. Support your claims with in-text citations (these should match your reference list).

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 9

Weight:

40 %

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CRITERION

Task Description:

This task is comprised of two parts. In the first part, you will present a learning and teaching philosophy statement. In the second part, you will describe a learning sequence that reflects this philosophy statement. The learning sequence will respond to your own critical analysis of a current teaching situation and demonstrate new teaching decisions in relation to the needs of your learners and the theoretical assumptions about learning that support these decisions.

In more detail:
In Part A, you will present a teaching and learning philosophy statement that incorporates a range of theoretical and other influences on your current way of thinking about teaching. You should do this by drawing on the perspectives of learning covered in Module 1 and 2 and the theoretical approaches to learning covered in Module 3.

In Part B, you will demonstrate how you translate your beliefs into action. In this part you will:
1. Outline a problem in your teaching.
2. Provide a lesson sequence that includes refined teaching strategies that respond directly to the problem and the needs of your learners in relation to this problem.
3. Include a justification for your chosen learning and teaching strategies. That is, you should describe why you chose to use particular strategies, and as part of this explanation, how they reflect the learning perspectives that we have covered in the unit, and how they respond to your learners needs.
4. Illustrate your beliefs about learning as outlined in your learning and teaching philosophy.
5. Support your work with in-text citations (these should match your reference list).
6. You should submit this task in a word document.

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

40 %

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CRITERION