EDMAS6066 Effective learning and teaching
This unit is designed to build knowledge, skills and teaching practices related to e¿ective learning and teaching in secondary schools. PSTs examine learning theories, including constructivism and cognitive science and identify the implications for teaching well. They examine how learners develop schemas and mental models as they interact in dynamic social and physical contexts. Through investigations into cognitive processes, PSTs learn how to surface prior knowledge and retrieve memories, and through appropriate scaffolding, to support students to retain information, avoid cognitive overload and develop increasingly sophisticated conceptual understandings. PSTs will understand the nature of explicit instruction and how to plan collaborative and independent tasks for learning. They examine notions of engagement and motivation and how students can become metacognitive and regulate their own learning through voice and agency. Using evidence-informed instructional models, PSTs learn how to plan, structure and sequence lessons and to use a range of core teaching practices that foster active learning and inclusive participation.
Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
A CSP is subsidised by the Australian Government and students pay a contribution amount. Each unit is classified into a band, depending on the study area of the unit (this discipline may be different from the study area of your course).
2026 contribution amount* $592
2026 grandfathered contribution amount^ $592
