EDF5871 Evidence-based planning for teaching

This unit is designed to enhance your teaching practice by deepening your understanding of effective planning, learner-centered teaching and learning experiences, and the use of formal and informal feedback, assessments and data. The unit integrates theoretical insights with practical applications to foster evidence-based teaching practices.

You will have opportunities to design, deliver, and refine teaching plans, feedback and assessment rubrics in response to peer feedback, using a critical approach to improve professional practice.  Through collaborative planning to foster inclusive and supportive learning environments, you will develop advanced knowledge of current curriculum frameworks, research-informed assessment practices, the teaching and learning cycle, and strategies to set meaningful learning goals, scaffold instruction, and engage learners effectively. You will also explore methods to incorporate relevant assessment and feedback strategies into lessons and techniques for maintaining effective records of student achievement to monitor growth over time and support reporting to students, parents, and carers.

Overall, the unit is designed to enhance your ability to plan effectively and use assessment and feedback data strategically to support and improve student learning, fostering dynamic, responsive, and evidence-based teaching practices.