GDE3001 Learners and Learning (FOEDU)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (WEB)Toowoomba

Semester 2 (ONC)Fraser Cst (WEB)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Teacher Education not elsewher) Band 5

Synopsis

This course provides an introduction to the key concepts related to the understanding of learners and learning. The course focuses on several views of learning including behavioural, social cognitive, and constructivist theories and how the key understandings drawn from these theories can be applied in teaching and learning environments. Through this course pre-service educators are introduced to basic concepts and developmental issues connected to research and to the skills and strategies of observation necessary to apply these to an educational setting. The influence of the similarities and differences in both learners and learning environments will be explored in relation to effective educational practice. NOTE: Minimum enrolment numbers apply to this offering. Should enrolments not reach the minimum number required for on-campus study, students may be transferred to the EXT or WEB offering and advised of this change before semester commences.