Handbook

EDST 5122 is an elective course  in the Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching (GCULT) Program.   

It utilises and builds on theories of learning and teaching introduced in the University’s Foundations of University Learning and Teaching program, and in EDST 5121 Introduction to University Learning and Teaching.  

The course is based on the assumption that improvements to student learning (experience and outcomes) are underpinned by an understanding of how people learn. 

In this course you will consider learning from a number of different perspectives:  your own;  those of your colleagues and students;  and the diverse range of perspectives found in the educational literature, including adult learning literature, higher education literature, disciplinary based learning and teaching literature, and educational psychology literature.  

You will be provided with opportunities to analyse, critique and explore: your current (perhaps taken-for-granted) assumptions and beliefs about learning and the impact of these on your current teaching practices;  and the nature of “good” teaching, as informed by contemporary theories of learning, in different contexts (on-campus, online and in blended settings) in higher education.