Planning for Block Teaching

Participants will establish a shared understanding of effective and responsive teaching practice for block and intensive delivery informed by contemporary learning theories, frameworks and principles. Participants will examine and critique a range of experiential and practical learning experiences for block and intensive teaching environments and their operationalisation within varied educational contexts with relevance to specific cohorts and learning outcomes.



Drawing on their experiences and evidence-based research, participants will address the critical elements of quality teaching and learning promoted by the VU Block model; guided by active, collaborative, engaged and flexible strategies to enhance education for all students. Participants will apply those elements to specific disciplines or fields of study, and link theory and practice through a range of interactive activities. They will explore a variety of physical and online teaching and learning contexts and modes of delivery for diverse student cohorts.


To further develop participants’ teaching practices for Block and intensive delivery, they will engage in observation of experiential and practical teaching and learning techniques, and provide collegial, constructive feedback through structured peer review. Participants will also justify the selection and application of relevant teaching frameworks by designing a purposeful learning experience and the implementation through a small group micro-teach.