ED5854 - Collaborative Workplace Professional Development

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Education

Available to Postgraduate Certificate, BEd (Professional Development) and Master of Education students.

This subject is designed to foster collaborative professional development in schools. It provides an opportunity for teachers and administrators to examine school-based research findings on adult workplace learning, critical reflection and a range of specific strategies for promoting collaborative professional development. Students are required to plan, implement and critically evaluate a workplace project within an action research frame, designed to enrich teachers professional development and their effectiveness in enhancing learner outcomes. As part of the negotiated project, students will trial a selection of strategies including: professional dialogue, critical incident analysis, collated learner feedback, peer coaching, mentoring and clinical supervision. Students will be required to negotiate, implement and critically evaluate an action research project for collaborative professional development relevant to their workplace.

Learning Outcomes

• describe a workplace setting and its current contextual influences and pressures;
• frame and produce an action research proposal relevant to a specific workplace;
• investigate and critically review the literature on collaborative workplace learning;
• trial and critically evaluate a variety of approaches to collaborative professional development.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coord/Lect:	Dr Jo Balatti.
Assessment:	project (70%); workplace description and annotated bibliography (30%).
JCU Singapore, Limited, Study Period 53
Census Date 28-Nov-2008
Face to face teaching (Class teaching: to be advised)
Coordinator:	Dr Jo Balatti
Assessment:	project (70%); workplace description and annotated bibliography (30%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.