2009 Course Handbook
EDUC262: Education: The Learner
The unit focuses on issues of learning and development, particularly as they relate to school-aged children and adolescents. The emphasis is primarily on cognition and social-cognition and discusses topics of particular relevance to educational practice. These topics typically include memory, metacognition, motivation, the development of prosocial behaviours, and critical and creative thinking.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: |
D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (On Campus session: 19 September; 11 October) |
| Staff Contact: | Department of Education staff |
| Prerequisites: | EDUC105(P) or EDUC107(P) or enrolment in GDipEd or BEd (Prim) |
| Corequisites: | EDUC106 or admission to GDipEd or BEd (Prim) or BEd (Sec) |
| NCCWs: | |
| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Education |
Timetable Information
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