EDF2078 Creative and critical teaching
Faculty of Education
EDF2078 Creative and critical teaching is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF2078
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After EDF2078
No unit lists EDF2078 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in one of:
D3001 Bachelor of Education (Hons)
D3002 Bachelor of Education (Hons) and Bachelor of Arts
D3004 Bachelor of Education (Hons) and Bachelor of Music
D3005 Bachelor of Education (Hons) and Bachelor of Science
D3006 Bachelor of Education (Hons) and Bachelor of Fine Art
D3007 Bachelor of Education (Hons) and Bachelor of Business
Overview
In this unit, you will be introduced to the companion concepts of creativity and criticality. You will be invited to reflect on, and reconsider, your existing beliefs about the nature of creativity and criticality. You will learn about the role of critical and creative thinking in student learning, strategies for cultivating creative and critical dispositions among learners, and the influence of creative teaching on student learning. As a secondary teaching specialist, you will explore the concept of critical and creative thinking as both a general capability and its application across a range of secondary teaching methods. In this unit, you will achieve the knowledge outcomes about teaching creativity and criticality by engaging as learners with a range of critical and creative pedagogical practices.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus, block |
Assessment
- Creativity teaching posts (2000 words or equivalent)50%
- Teaching criticality posts (2000 words or equivalent)50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
understand the relationship between creative teaching and teaching creativity and criticality
- 2
articulate the key concepts, content, and skills of critical and creative thinking
- 3
demonstrate research-informed understandings of how students learn critical and creative dispositions and thinking skills
- 4
appreciate the challenges associated with teaching and assessing creativity and criticality
- 5
analyse and evaluate strategies and resources for teaching creativity and criticality.
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
Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
*Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements
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
EDF2078 is part of 1 area of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Emily Gray
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Emily Gray
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF2078?
EDF2078 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF2078 offered?
In 2025, EDF2078 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF2078?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF2078 have an exam?
No. EDF2078 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include EDF2078?
EDF2078 is part of Secondary education.