In this unit, you will demonstrate the ability to purposefully and meaningfully engage with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: 1 Know students and how they learn, 2 Know the content and how to teach it and 3 Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning. Structured around reflective and deliberative practice, the unit is designed to facilitate the demonstration of the...

This unit is designed to provide information about the value of pedagogical documentation and implementing portfolios for young children in early childhood settings prior to formal school. Students will discuss and reflect on - What are children's portfolios? How can children's portfolios be best developed to support their learning and development? Whose voices should be visible in children's...

Young children develop their abilities to communicate, make meaning, represent ideas, and problem-solve in many ways.  Literacy development begins at birth, while mathematical thinking flourishes as they begin to explore their world.  In this unit, you will explore the continuity of this learning in the early years of schooling, drawing upon significant theories that underpin this learning. You...

Each year 1 in 5 Australians will experience a mental illness. Many people are not knowledgeable or confident to offer assistance, despite their desire to do so. This unit will teach you the skills to help someone you're concerned about – whether it be a friend, family member, patient, client, employee or colleague - and also identify and respond to your own mental health needs in a...

This unit examines complex social issues concerning diversity and discrimination based on age, ethnicity, sexuality, gender and mental and physical disabilities, and other vulnerability attributes. The challenges faced by police organisations, and by front-line officers in particular, in the provision of appropriate policing services to address the needs of vulnerable people, are explored....

This unit will look at the creation and use of 2- and 3-dimensional graphical information and animations. The mathematical and algorithmic techniques used in generating computer graphics will be covered, as well as the programming methods to build the tools needed to implement them. Topics will include 2D drawing algorithms, matrix transformations, 3D representations, key-frames and other...

'When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.’ Thus Hans Gruber (Die Hard, 1988) misquotes the ancient author Plutarch, who in turn was crafting an Alexander to suit his own narrative many years after Alexander’s death. Alexander’s impact on the world is undeniable; he is widely remembered as a compelling leader and military genius who...

This unit aims to deconstruct the monolithic perception of Japanese culture and to understand Japan in terms of its relationship to its near and more distant neighbours through Asia and the Pacific. Incorporating the approach of queer studies which places an emphasis on the intersection of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationalism and ableness, the unit will introduce key elements of...

In this Unit, you will explore the processes and possibilities of practitioner action research, and generate a plan for investigation into an aspect of relevance in your own educational context. The Unit aims to provide you with the opportunity to recognise the role that reflection plays in forming a link between the conceptual and theoretical bases of teaching and learning. The teaching and...

This unit presents the economics of place and the economic value of placemaking. It explores how people choose the places where they want to live; considering whether the choice of where to live comes first and after the search of work, or vice versa. It discusses economic components to the creating dynamics of sustainable communities and regions where people want to live. It discusses cases...