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Resilience and Relationships (EDUC90900)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online and On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Term 1
Term 3
Semester 2
Overview
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The subject will support participants to develop further skills in promoting student wellbeing and creating supportive and safe learning environments at a classroom and whole school level. Current research will be used to understand what teachers can do to support the social and emotional learning of their students, and how to implement school-wide approaches that foster student resilience and respectful relationships across all partners in the education process.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, participants will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to:
- use an evidence base to articulate the relationship between safe and supportive learning environments, student social and emotional wellbeing, and engagement in learning;
- critically appraise contemporary frameworks and curricula for the promotion of positive relationships and student wellbeing, and understand their implications for school policy and teacher practice;
- critically analyse the impact of school culture on student and staff wellbeing and identify evidence-informed approaches to building a positive learning environment;
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, participants will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to
- Engage confidently in the promotion of student wellbeing and effectively address barriers to student learning and wellbeing at the classroom and school level;
- Lead and promote effective, ethical and respectful relationships with all involved in the learning community;
- Effectively engage students, parents, community members, and professional colleagues to support student learning and development;
- Critically evaluate approaches to student resilience and relationships at a class, school and system level; and
- Collaborate effectively to ensure that equity, participation and democracy are manifested in learning and teaching and organizational processes.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Essay on teacher-student relationships (1000 words) due early in subject (20%)
- Review of a wellbeing program, resource or policy (1500 words) due mid subject (30%)
- Report detailing recommendations to a leadership team (2500 words) due end of subject (50%)
Hurdle requirements:
- Online students: Contribution to a minimum of 80% of online class blogs
- On campus students: Minimum of 80% attendance at all scheduled lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Term 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Helen Cahill Coordinator Dave Camilleri Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 28 January 2019 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students will be required to log on to the online subject to learn about the subject content and the assessment. They may also be required to do a small number of preparatory readings and submit a post that introduces them to the other students and to the subject tutor. Teaching period 4 February 2019 to 31 March 2019 Last self-enrol date 29 January 2019 Census date 22 February 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 15 March 2019 Assessment period ends 7 April 2019 Term 1 contact information
- Term 3 - Online
Principal coordinator Helen Cahill Coordinator Dave Camilleri Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 15 July 2019 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students will be required to log on to the online subject to learn about the subject content and the assessment. They may also be required to do a small number of preparatory readings and submit a post that introduces them to the other students and to the subject tutor. Teaching period 22 July 2019 to 15 September 2019 Last self-enrol date 16 July 2019 Census date 9 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 August 2019 Assessment period ends 22 September 2019 Term 3 contact information
- Semester 2 - On Campus
Coordinator Catherine Smith Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
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Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Clinical Teaching - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 10 February 2024