Majors, minors/sub-majors information - 2009

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Majors, minors/sub-majors information

2008 | 2009 | 2010

Adult and Workplace Learning

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Type:
Major, Sub-Major, Minor

Location:
Mawson Lakes

The Adult and Workplace Learning major provides an opportunity for undergraduates to undertake a minor, sub-major and major study in aspects of learning for work, learning at work, and learning about work. It combines a minor study with sub-major and major courses which collectively provide a background to teaching and learning, research and policy issues in workplaces.

Courses that are in majors, sub-majors and/or minors

Course name	Area + Catalogue No.	Units	Level
MINOR (4 courses) see Notes 1 and 2)
Assessment and Recognition of Learning in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning Contexts (see Note 3)	EDUC 1061	4.5	1
Facilitating Learning with Adults (see Note 3)	EDUC 1062	4.5	1
Theory and Practice in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning Contexts (see Note 3)	EDUC 1064	4.5	1
PLUS choice of one of the following to complete the minor:
Program Development in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Contexts	EDUC 2045	4.5	2
Principles and Practices of Evaluation	EDUC 2044	4.5	2
SUB-MAJOR (6 courses) includes the courses above plus choice of two of the following:
Critical Perspectives on Flexible and e-Learning Pedagogies	EDUC 3041	4.5	3
Critically Reflective Practice in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning	EDUC 3042	4.5	3
Learning Cultures: Whiteness and Education	EDUC 3043	4.5	3
Theorists and Theories of Adult Learning and Development	EDUC 3046	4.5	3
Work, Self and Society	EDUC 3047	4.5	3
MAJOR (8 courses) includes the courses above plust the following:
Reading and Designing Research in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning	EDUC 4129	4.5	4
Policy Discourses and Practices	EDUC 4127	4.5	4

Notes

1. Other Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning courses may be substituted with the approval of the program director.
2. Courses are normally completed in sequence: level 1 courses must be completed prior to level 2; level 2 prior to level 3 and level 3 prior to level 4.
3. The first three courses listed in the Minor articulate with the national VET qualification Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAA04). Students who have completed this or the prior qualification Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training (BSZ TP) and have received credit for this in their current program should contact the stream coordinator for advice on alternative course choices.

Further information

School of Education, Mawson Lakes Campus
Telephone: (08) 8302 6606
Facsimile: (08) 8302 6239

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