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EEB441 The Reflective Practitioner (8)

Abstract

This subject is designed for students who have successfully completed the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. The subject encourages a broader and deeper understanding of teaching and assessment practice through wider reading and critical assessments. It does this through seeking to develop or enhance the students' ability to analyse, evaluate and critically reflect on their own practice within a framework of applicable lifelong learning perspectives.

+ Subject Availability Modes and Location

Session 1
OnlineWagga Wagga Campus
Session 2
OnlineWagga Wagga Campus
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EEB441
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject information

Duration Grading System School:
One sessionHD/FLSchool of Education

Assumed Knowledge

Students will have completed a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110/TAE40116) prior to commencing this subject and been granted the VET02C credit.

Enrolment restrictions

Not available to students who have completed:
EEB312 - Paired subject
Incompatible subject(s)
EEB312

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to discuss a range of workplace learning theories and their usefulness in a variety of situations;
  • be able to analyse classroom and workplace environments for their learning potential;
  • be able to reflect on adult and vocational teaching and training, using appropriate literature as a reference source;
  • be able to identify, evaluate and use strategies for effective reflection on professional practice;
  • be able to reflect on developing their own teaching practice from a Certificate IV Training and Assessment qualified trainer to a higher level of professional expertise; and
  • be able to critically analyse and use current professional literature in order to increase the efficacy of their own practice and their professional understanding.

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:
  • Reflection on Professional Practice
  • Reflective Learning
  • Reflective Teaching
  • Reflection-on-action and Reflection-in-action
  • Being a Reflective Practitioner
  • Training in enterprise contexts
  • Teaching and learning with students in a Training Package context
  • Training Practitioners as Lifelong Learners
  • Training Practitioners as Facilitators of Lifelong Learning
  • Reflecting on practice (Certificate IV in Training and Assessment in Context)
  • Strategies for reflection and self-evaluation
  • Evaluating practice in the classroom or other learning environment
  • Reflecting on workplace processes and practices

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The information contained in the 2017 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 25 August 2017. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.