| Semester 2, 2020 Online | |
| Short Description: | Prof Learning Edu Organisation |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Education |
| Student contribution band : | National Priority - Teaching |
| ASCED code : | 070303 - Education Studies |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
Staffing
Examiner:
Other requisites
This course is a core course of the Educational Leadership specialisation.
Rationale
People and their relationships formed within contexts are core to the cultures of educational organisations. The patterns of organisation and decision making within educational settings, along with the resultant expanding roles of individuals, and specifically individual leaders, highlight the importance of necessity and opportunity for ongoing professional development, presented and partaken of in many forms. Extensive published research indicates that leadership is key to organisational learning and improvement, but ultimately, it is the professional learning culture of a 鈥榣earning organisation鈥� that enhances organisational success. Crucial to this success is the development of processes for continual professional learning to affect organisational change. However, perceived structural and conceptual overlap of communities of practice, professional learning communities, learning organisations and learning communities, to name a few constructs, contribute to a conceptual confusion about what it means to lead professional learning in an educational organisation.
Synopsis
This course invites a reflective and critically evaluative view of professional learning, particularly as it pertains to leadership of professional learning in educational organisations. Students will examine professional learning perspectives and processes within educational organisations and apply this understanding as it pertains to their context. The role of communities of practice, professional learning communities, learning organisations and learning communities will be analysed in relation to the individual and the collective outcomes of professional learning. Professional learning within an educational organisation will be evaluated from the perspectives of processes for leading learning and constructs of leadership roles. For successful completion of this course, access is required to an educational setting where professional learning processes may be explored and developed.
Objectives
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- discuss the principles of lifelong learning and adult learning theories in relation to professional learning and human resource management in educational organisations;
- critique a variety of professional development opportunities and professional learning constructs, and evaluate their application to practice in a range of contexts;
- examine the benefits of ongoing collaborative professional learning for changes in personal practice and workplace professional relationships;
- analyse theory into practice for leading professional learning in an educational organisation with the possibilities of new structures, cultures and strategies to facilitate innovation;
- design and apply a professional learning experience in an identified context.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lifelong learning and adult learning theories pertaining to human resource management. | 20.00 |
| 2. | Structures of innovation / systems thinking and interdependence / learning together / frameworks for collaboration to include: communities of practice; professional learning communities; learning organisations. | 20.00 |
| 3. | Strategies for innovation; building a 鈥榮afe鈥� environment; building capacity for learning; professional conversations. | 20.00 |
| 4. | Leadership issues and challenges in improving professional practice to build a learning community. | 20.00 |
| 5. | Leading learning and learning to lead a professional learning community. | 10.00 |
| 6. | Capacity building for ongoing change 鈥� sustainability for continuous innovative learning. | 10.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=02&subject1=EDU8721)
Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)
Reference materials
Student workload expectations
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Directed 精东传媒app | 80.00 |
| Independent 精东传媒app | 85.00 |
Assessment details
| Description | Marks out of | Wtg (%) | Due Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASSIGNMENT 1 | 50 | 50 | 02 Sep 2020 | |
| ASSIGNMENT 2 | 50 | 50 | 28 Oct 2020 |
Important assessment information
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Attendance requirements:
There are no attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students鈥� responsibility to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. -
Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item. -
Penalties for late submission of required work:
Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4) -
Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course: To be assured of a pass in this course students must submit each assessment item, achieve an aggregate of 50% of the marks available for the summative assessments. -
Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative items for the course. -
Examination information:
There is no examination in this course. -
Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
There is no examination in this course. -
精东传媒app Student Policies:
Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene 精东传媒app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
Assessment notes
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Referencing in assignments must comply with the APA referencing system. This system should be used by students to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The APA style to be used is defined by the USQ library's referencing guide. This guide can be found at .