Effective teaching for student learning and well-being requires an understanding of the diverse range of learners - their development, their contexts, their individual differences and the various factors which impact on their development, learning and well-being. Theories and research literature explaining motivation, learning and well-being will inform pre-service teachers' knowledge of young people as learners.
The connections between developmental and learning theories and teaching practice relevant to secondary aged students will be examined using critical analysis and reflection. Pre-service teachers will work in small groups to complete an inquiry project and a Problem Based Learning case study to investigate the implications a range of issues might have for diverse students' development and learning, and services and provisions that teachers might implement in response.
This topic aims to:
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