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Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy (EDUC90728)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville) and Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
August
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online August - On Campus |
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An exciting collaboration between Architecture and Arts Education, this subject examines how we should design, inhabit and maximise the use of student-centred learning spaces in schools and other educational institutions. Schools and other educational institutions are increasingly adopting ‘innovative’ designs that are deemed to better suit the collaborative, creative, critical thinking, communication-focused characteristics required of graduates into the future. What do (and will) these spaces look like, now and into the future? In what ways do, and should, designers and educators collaborate on their design, implementation and use? How can we evaluate the effectiveness of these spaces, and develop an ongoing dialogue between designers and educators that builds a broad understanding of the educational and design professions’ languages and epistemologies? In finding ways of maximising use of flexible learning spaces, this interdisciplinary subject introduces students to the links that should exist between new pedagogies and space.
This unique subject is delivered jointly by the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. Classes are typically made up of architecture students and educators who work collaboratively on design and education scenarios, informed by field trips to exemplary schools and design facilities. The subject is informed by research from the University of Melbourne’s Learning Environment Applied Research Network (LEaRN), a research centre formed by Education, Architecture and Medicine in 2008, and its material is underpinned by research emerging from this world-leading group.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should demonstrate:
- Specialised knowledge of current issues in learning environments design and use, and the capacity to apply this knowledge across the disciplines of design and education, with a global perspective.
- The skills needed to engage across disciplines in creative and analytical discussions about current learning environment design and use.
- The capacity to apply and integrate relevant learning environments research in practical ways that will improve quality of design of such spaces and education outcomes of students.
- Potential leadership skills required to apply theory and practice in a manner that will drive sustained positive change through improved design and use of education spaces.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject participants will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to:
- Communicate with professional peers concerning the latest trends, issues and research in learning environments design and use.
- Develop an interdisciplinary vocabulary regarding space and pedagogy;
- Discuss personal epistemologies concerning implications of designed educational space on pedagogies.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Students admitted to courses/entry points not specified below have no prerequisites for this subject.
Students in the 200-point program of the Master of Education, Master of TESOL or Master of Modern Languages Education, must have completed the following four compulsory subjects*:
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
EDUC90929 | Understanding Education in Context |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
EDUC90930 | Local Literacies in Global Contexts |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
EDUC91029 | Understanding the Student as Learner |
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
EDUC91030 | Research in Educational Relationships |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
*Students that commenced their course prior to 2021 may have completed EDUC90830 in place of EDUC91029, and EDUC90900 in place of EDUC91030:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90830 | The Student as Learner |
Term 3 (Online)
Term 1 (Online)
|
12.5 |
EDUC90900 | Resilience and Relationships |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
|
12.5 |
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Literature critique
| Mid semester | 40% |
Oral presentation on the design of an innovative learning environment
| End of the teaching period | N/A |
Designing an innovative learning environment
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 60% |
Attendance Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 80% attendance at, or engagement with, all sessions identified as contact hours (may include lectures, tutorials, seminars, workshops and activities, both synchronous and asynchronous). | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Marian Mahat Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours: 18 hours synchronous plus 6 hours asynchronous contact time Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 Semester 1 contact information
- August - On Campus
Principal coordinator Marian Mahat Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours: 18 hours synchronous plus 6 hours asynchronous contact time Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 12 August 2023 to 7 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 23 August 2023 Census date 1 September 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 23 October 2023 August contact information
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Fisher, K. (2016). The translational design of schools: An Evidence-based approach to aligning pedagogy and learning environments in schools. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishing.
Imms, W., Cleveland, B. & Fisher K. (Eds.). (2016). Learning environments evaluation. Snapshots of emerging issues, methods and knowledge. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishing.
Recommended texts and other resources
Newton, C and Fisher, K. (2009).TAKE 8: Learning Spaces, RAIA, ACT, 2009.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Education Course Master of TESOL Course Master of Education Course Master of Architecture Course Master of Modern Languages Education Specialisation (formal) Assessment and Pedagogy - 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.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required.
- 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