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Unit Synopsis
In this unit, you will investigate a learning and teaching phenomenon of professional or personal relevance through a review of current trends in tertiary education at national and international levels. The outocmes of this investigation will be used to assist in designing and proposing needed changes to teaching practice. Using Ernst Boyer’s four-part Scholarship of Learning and Teaching model as a guide, this Unit will broaden your conception of what constitutes knowledge, evidence, practice and scholarship in learning and teaching.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 1 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2021
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Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Presentation | 0% |
| 2. Research Proposal | 0% |
| 3. Written Assessment | 0% |
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
Past Exams
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Term 3 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 90.91% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 36.67% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Students
Further descriptions around qualitative and quantitative research approaches.
The unit will be adjusted to more clearly identify different approaches to qualitative and quantitative research approaches.
With the redesign, there was a focus on qualitative approaches within the unit. However, for further reading, students were also able to read about quantitative approaches.
Source: Student
While the conference style presentation is a great idea, it does not suit all students.
Make it clearer in the assessment instructions that the conference is either live, or submit as a presentation.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Explore published research in response to specific information needs
- Investigate your own teaching practice in light of current research findings
- Synthesise information from a variety of sources to create robust arguments
- Document proposed changes to teaching practice in ways that are concrete and persuasive.
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| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Presentation | • | • | ||
| 2 - Research Proposal | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | ||
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | |
| 5 - Self-management | • | |||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | |||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1 - Presentation | • | • | • | • | |||||
| 2 - Research Proposal | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||