Professional Certificate in Evidence-Based Teaching (PR-EBT) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

On the completion of this course graduates will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to:

• Use evidence to make sound clinical judgments about the nature and implementation of teaching interventions
• Generate and analyse diverse sources of data that can effectively assess and inform student learning and development
• Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which theory and research inform practice
• Evaluate the impact of their teaching on their students' learning
• Demonstrate a readiness to reflect on their own teaching practice and to use this reflection as a means of continuous improvement.

Generic skills

Graduate attributes

The Professional Certificate in Evidence-Based Teaching will enable graduates to achieve the following University of Melbourne Graduate Attributes:

• Academically excellent: Graduates will develop a research and evidence-based knowledge of learning, teaching, professional learning, and educational culture and climate. They will demonstrate a high level of achievement in writing, generic research activities, problem-solving and communication.
• Knowledgeable across disciplines: Graduates will examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a broad range of disciplines, particularly those with relevance to their education setting. They will expand their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences and have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems.
• Leaders in communities: Graduates will develop specialist skills and knowledge that will enable them to provide leadership in educational and wider community contexts. They will be able to initiate and implement constructive change in the classroom, supported by their knowledge of research around educational effectiveness. They will mentor future generations of learners and teachers and be able to engage in meaningful public discourse around education.
• Attuned to cultural diversity: Graduates will be working within organisations characterised by cultural and other forms of diversity. This is reflected in such overarching documents as the Australian Charter for the Teaching Profession, the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young People and the various national professional teaching standards and curriculum documents. Graduates will value different cultures and be well-informed citizens able to contribute to their communities wherever they choose to live and work. They will have an understanding of the social and cultural diversity in our community and respect indigenous knowledge, cultures and values.
• Active global citizens: Graduates will accept social and civic responsibilities and attempt to inculcate these values in those with whom they work. They will recognise that education is the best means we have of opening the doors of opportunity for people and of ameliorating the effects of inequity and disadvantage.