Understanding Behaviour for Classroom Practice
Duration
- One Semester
Contact hours
- On-campus: 24 hours Face to face Swinburne online – Fully online
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
Aims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Differentiate behaviours displayed by students in learning environments and formulate reasons for these behaviours using behavioural and educational theories
2. Critically analyse and apply appropriate theoretical frameworks and models for responding to a range of behaviours displayed in the learning environment.
3. Critically analyse different principles, policies and practices used for establishing and maintaining a productive learning environment.
4. Plan learning environments that adhere to positive models of behaviour management.
5. Create strategies for working inclusively and ethically with families, community and support agencies
6. Clarify the role of external agencies and professionals in supporting teachers, children and families.
Courses with unit
MA-TEAPRI3 Master of Teaching (Primary)
MA-TEASC Master of Teaching (Secondary)
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Seminar |
2 |
6 |
12 |
Online Contact Online | 1 |
12 |
12 |
Specified Learning Activities Prescribed readings Online activities | 4 | 12 | 48 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Readings Assignment preparation | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL |
|
| 150 hours/ 12.5 cp |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact | N/A |
|
|
Online Contact | N/A |
|
|
Specified Learning Activities Prescribed readings Online activities | 6 | 12 | 72 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Readings Assignment preparation | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL |
|
| 150 hours/12.5 cp |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Essay | Individual | 30% | 1, 2 |
Case Analysis | Individual | 30% | 3, 6 |
Folio | Individual | 40% | 4, 5, 6 |
Content
• Theories of learning and development and their relationship to behaviour
• Principles, policies and practices for establishing a productive learning environment
• Frameworks and models for understanding and responding to a range of challenging behaviours with children to adolescents
• Positive behaviour support principles and practice
• The climate of the learning environment
• Restorative practice (an introduction)
• Behaviour management techniques
• Behaviour intervention versus preventative behaviour techniques
• External organisations and agencies working with children to adolescents and their families
• Consideration of rights and ethics
Study resources
- Reading materials.