Overview

This unit prepares pre-service teachers to understand how children and young people display different behaviours within a learning environment and how to approach and negotiate these behaviours. Pre-service teachers are introduced to the major perspectives of understanding and supporting behaviour and explore historical and contemporary theories and how these relate to principles, policies and practices. They explore the role and practice of external agencies and professionals in supporting children, young people, teachers and families. Pre-service teachers will also be challenged to reflect upon their own belief system and how this relates to different contemporary approaches and models of behaviour management

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Teaching Period 1
Location
Online
Start and end dates
11-March-2024
09-June-2024
Last self-enrolment date
24-March-2024
Census date
05-April-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
26-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Differentiate behaviours displayed by students in learning environments and formulate reasons for these behaviours using behavioural and educational theories
  • Apply appropriate theoretical frameworks and models for responding to a range of behaviours displayed in the learning environment
  • Analyse different principles, policies and practices used for establishing and maintaining a productive learning environment
  • Plan learning environments that adhere to positive models of behaviour management
  • Create strategies for working effectively and ethically with families
  • Clarify the role of external agencies and professionals in supporting teachers, children and families

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture
1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class
2.00 12 weeks 24
Specified Activities
Various
6.00 8 weeks 48
Unspecified Activities
Various
5.50 12 weeks 66
TOTAL150

Swinburne Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning
12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Case StudiesIndividual 30% 2,5,6 
EssayIndividual 30% 1,3 
PortfolioIndividual 40% 3,4 

Content

  • Factors that influence behaviour in the learning environment
  • Principles, policies and practices for establishing a productive learning environment
  • Frameworks and models for supporting and engaging diverse learners with diverse needs
  • Explore how teaching models and practices affect learners sense of being, belonging and becoming
  • Positive behaviour support principles and practice
  • Classroom climate
  • Restorative practice
  • Behaviour management techniques
  • Behaviour intervention versus preventative behaviour techniques
  • External organisations and agencies working with families
  • Considerations for rights of young people and ethic of care when working with diverse learners with diverse needs

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.