013376 Understanding Learning in Higher and Professional Education

6cp
Postgraduate
Subject coordinator: Jo McKenzie

The focus of this subject is on learners and learning. What is knowledge and knowing? Disciplinary and transdisciplinary knowledge. What kinds of outcomes for learning are there? Learning as understanding variation. The problems of transfer of learning. Learning for different purposes: as acquiring new knowledge, as responding to needs and goals, as understanding self and context. Concepts and concept maps. The role of reflection and reflective devices in learning.

Fee information

2006 contribution for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students: $490.00
2006 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $1,800.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2006 for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
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