The Psychology of Exceptional Learning

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

Pre-teaching period:

During the pre-teaching period students will be required to complete reading that will be provided via LMS.

170 hours

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

This subject examines concepts, theories and issues in educational and developmental psychology necessary to understand and diagnose academic learning disabilities that will lead to effective curriculum development. It will examine the individual differences in cognitive structures such as the representation of knowledge by learners, short-term and long-term memory, cognitive and metacognitive processes, and the affective processes associated with understanding learning, such as self-efficacy and motivation to learn.

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Understand the developmental processes that underpin a student's abilities to successfully engage in literacy and numeracy learning
• Describe the role of long- and short- term memory, meta-cognitive processes and affective processes in learning
• Investigate how curriculum can be developed to assist students to develop and cope with their particular learning difficulty.

• Reflective task (500 words) due mid-semester, 10%
• Written task (4500 words) due end semester, 90%

This subject has a minimum hurdle requirement of 80% attendance at all tutorials, seminars and workshops.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.