UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

EDF5018 Curriculum, assessment and reporting

Faculty of Education

EDF5018 Curriculum, assessment and reporting is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2021 in Semester 1 at Clayton and Peninsula. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2021
Semester 1
Clayton, Peninsula
Assessment
No exam
2 tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

The 2027 handbook has no page for EDF5018. This is its 2021 entry, the latest one.

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Overview

This unit foregrounds curriculum theories and their application to teaching and learning in education, developing your understanding of curriculum guidelines, documentation, and assessment and evaluation policies that are pertinent to the education field nationally and globally. You will critically analyse curriculum documents to develop an understanding of how policies and legislative requirements intersect and inform curriculum development learning and assessment. You will develop curriculum knowledge to design learning sequences, lesson plans and effective approaches to classroom management that meet diverse learners' needs and have the opportunity to explore and use technology to provide feedback to, and support learning among diverse learners.

Offerings in 2021

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterClaytonOn campus
First semesterPeninsulaOn campus
First semesterPeninsulaOnline

Assessment

  • Curriculum analysis (2000 words or equivalent)
    50%
  • Curriculum practice in context (2000 words or equivalent)
    50%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of curriculum (e.g. as enacted, actual, hidden, take-home, contested)

  2. 2

    Examine the ways in which data informs learning and planning, feeding back and forward into learning

  3. 3

    Identify the relationships between curriculum, assessment and reporting

  4. 4

    Evaluate how social, cultural and political contexts shape curriculum, with particular attention to how Indigenous knowledge and values underpin design, assessment and reporting

  5. 5

    Demonstrate understanding of how policies and legislative requirements intersect and inform curriculum development learning and assessment

  6. 6

    Apply knowledge and understanding in the planning, implementation or evaluation of a lesson or learning program.

Workload and teaching

  • Teaching approachActive learning

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • equivalent to 24 hours engagement in online, face-to-face or blended platforms

(b.) Contact hours for off-campus students:

  • equivalent to 24 hours engagement in online or blended platforms

(c.) Additional requirements (all students)

  • independent study to make up the minimum required hours per semester

For the unit teaching schedule, please visit the timetable.

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.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Ms Lauren Armstrong
Dr Fida Sanjakdar
Chief Examiners
Dr Fida Sanjakdar

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for EDF5018?

EDF5018 has no prerequisites.

When is EDF5018 offered?

In 2021, EDF5018 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton and Peninsula, with an online option.

How much work is EDF5018?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does EDF5018 have an exam?

No. EDF5018 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Education
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
20202021