School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2023 Units. All assessment changes will be published by 20th February 2023. All students are reminded to check the handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Professional Learning 2
  • Unit Code

    EDU5222
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina Claire GRAY

Description

The unit requires students' commitment to and documentation of reflective practice and action research in their context as evidence of successful implementation of professional learning activities. Professional development themes are explored through participation in workshops, seminars and other professional learning programs. Completion of a reflective journal and assignments/papers related to the themes consolidate learning during the semester. Students and faculty will consult to design/select a coherent set of professional learning experiences to meet the students' professional and academic needs and the academic rigour of postgraduate study.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students' engagement in and reflection on professional learning activities will be supported with on-line activities and resources.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Share findings of their reflective practice/research with colleagues at school, district or system levels.
  2. Undertake reflective practice and action research in their own professional setting.
  3. Use and apply a range of new pedagogies and information and communication technologies.

Unit Content

  1. Students will participate in a programme of coordinated professional learning activities and engage in reflection, writing journals and academic papers that make links between professional learning activities, theory and practice. The topics will reflect the contemporary professional development needs of teachers and educational professionals.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will be able to access a range of activities to complete EDU5222 including:Evaluation of practice and identification of professional learning needs.Participation in a program of professional learning.Reflection and journal writing.Writing academic papers to make links between professional learning, practice and theory. Students will select, from a menu of assessment formats, their own way of meeting the designated unit outcomes.In addition students will complete an academic paper and/or reflective journal to substantiate the impact of the professional learning on their practice.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentEvidence of implementation of professional development activity incorporating a reflective journal40%
ReportPaper detailing the context of work undertaken, details of the action research process and implications for professional practice60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Professional Learning 2
  • Unit Code

    EDU5222
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina Claire GRAY

Description

The unit requires students' commitment to and documentation of reflective practice and action research in their context as evidence of successful implementation of professional learning activities. Professional development themes are explored through participation in workshops, seminars and other professional learning programs. Completion of a reflective journal and assignments/papers related to the themes consolidate learning during the semester. Students and faculty will consult to design/select a coherent set of professional learning experiences to meet the students' professional and academic needs and the academic rigour of postgraduate study.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students' engagement in and reflection on professional learning activities will be supported with on-line activities and resources.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Share findings of their reflective practice/research with colleagues at school, district or system levels.
  2. Undertake reflective practice and action research in their own professional setting.
  3. Use and apply a range of new pedagogies and information and communication technologies.

Unit Content

  1. Students will participate in a programme of coordinated professional learning activities and engage in reflection, writing journals and academic papers that make links between professional learning activities, theory and practice. The topics will reflect the contemporary professional development needs of teachers and educational professionals.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will be able to access a range of activities to complete EDU5222 including:Evaluation of practice and identification of professional learning needs.Participation in a program of professional learning.Reflection and journal writing.Writing academic papers to make links between professional learning, practice and theory. Students will select, from a menu of assessment formats, their own way of meeting the designated unit outcomes.In addition students will complete an academic paper and/or reflective journal to substantiate the impact of the professional learning on their practice.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentEvidence of implementation of professional development activity incorporating a reflective journal40%
ReportPaper detailing the context of work undertaken, details of the action research process and implications for professional practice60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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