EDF1086 Learning and teaching for students with diverse needs in various education settings
Faculty of Education
EDF1086 Learning and teaching for students with diverse needs in various education settings is a level 1, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2024 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2025 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF1086
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After EDF1086
No unit lists EDF1086 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite
Must be enrolled in a course owned by the Faculty of Education
Overview
This unit develops your understanding of evidence-based learning and teaching practices in various educational settings for learners from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to disabilities, health circumstances, and culturally, linguistically or socioeconomically diverse backgrounds. You will be equipped to work with learners who have diverse backgrounds through using varied learning and teaching strategies that can be applied in a variety of educational settings. You will be able to identify strategies to support inclusive student participation and engagement in classroom activities including a particular focus on peer-assisted learning, cooperative learning, reciprocal teaching, providing feedback, differentiated instruction and ways in which positive relationships between teachers and students might be promoted. You will also be introduced to the principles of effective design principles planning to equip them with knowledge and skills in curriculum development and lesson planning that are relevant for students with diverse backgrounds, as well as a tool for reflecting on your practice.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus, block |
Assessment
- Class presentation (1600 words or equivalent)40%
- Case study: Lesson planning and reflection (2400 words or equivalent)60%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
critically analyse research evidence that supports the use of different learning and teaching
practices - 2
identify a range of effective and evidence-based learning and teaching strategies for students with
disabilities to support inclusive student participation and engagement in classroom activities - 3
create lesson plans incorporating evidence-based strategies to provide inclusive and personalised
learning for diverse learners - 4
develop and practise positive relationship and communication skills between teachers and
students - 5
demonstrate understanding of principles of effective planning and reflect upon your own practice
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study.
Usually, you can expect to engage with:
• 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and
• the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study
*Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements
Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Where it fits
EDF1086 is part of 1 area of study in the 2024 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Stella Laletas
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Stella Laletas
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF1086?
EDF1086 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF1086 offered?
In 2024, EDF1086 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF1086?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF1086 have an exam?
No. EDF1086 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include EDF1086?
EDF1086 is part of Primary and secondary inclusive and special education.