Curriculum and Multi-modal Learning

This unit of study is designed to extend and supplement the range of knowledge and practices developed in Epistemologies of Practice. Pre-service teachers will continue to study and experience the philosophy, theories and possibilities of classroom arrangements, classroom unit and lesson planning and implementation, and consider how curriculum, pedagogy and assessment strategies are enacted and reported to support students' needs. Additional aspects will include legal and safety concerns of teaching and student welfare issues. Continuing application of the Praxis Inquiry Protocol will support investigations and theorising of curriculum, teaching, learning, social justice and researchfulness, as well as the practice of praxis learning itself. Questions involving key features of classroom situations will be explored such as how different cultural backgrounds are respected, how are new student understandings formed and how do we know what has been learned?

Multi-modal learning will be explored to develop an understanding of different teaching practices support students' learning and understanding in key areas such as literacy and numeracy. This will involve the application of information technology into teaching that includes such approaches as, inquiry learning, personal learning plans, experiential learning and cooperative learning.