Unit details
ECV712 - Situated Learning At Work
| Offered at: | (X) |
|---|---|
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Offerings: | Trimester 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit chair: | L Grace |
Content
The unit is designed to provide students with an understanding of workplaces as learning environments, conceptualisations of situated adult learning, cognition and the development of expertise, work based learning and learning organisations, learning and labour networks, and communities of practice. Drawing on learning theories relevant to this field of study, students will analyse situated adult learning in a specific workplace context and will propose strategies to effectively manage situated learning in that context.
Assessment
Assessment 1, 40%, 2400 words. Analysis of situated learning in an identified workplace
Assessment 2, 60%, 3600 words. Extension of Assignment 1 in the development of strategies to enhance situated learning in the identified workplace
Prescribed texts
Billett, S 2001, Learning in the Workplace, Allen & Unwin.
Smith, PJ & Sadler-Smith, E 2006, Learning in Organizations: Complexities and Diversities, Routledge, New York.
Unit Fee Information
| Student Contribution Rate* | Student Contribution Rate** | Student Contribution Rate*** | Fee rate - Domestic Students | Fee rate - International students |
| $706 | $565 | $565 | $1872 | $2394 |
* Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2010
** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2009
*** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2008
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.
