Course Title: Major Workplace Project
Part A: Course Overview
Course ID: 005539
Course Title: Major Workplace Project
Credit Points: 24
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
TCHE1078 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
360H Education |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2006,
Sem 2 2006 |
Course Coordinator: Ian Robertson
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2613
Course Coordinator Email: ian.robertson@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Blg 37 level 2 Rm 23
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
TCHE 1003 Principles of Adult Teaching and Learning and, normally, a total of three courses completed in the program.
Course Description
The major project aims to provide an opportunity for students to complete an applied project in a post-compulsory education and training setting. The project should be the equivalent of 50 days work over a period of six to twelve months. It should extend existing skills or demonstrate existing skills within a new context.
The major project is designed as a course that should be completed towards the end of the Graduate Diploma in Industrial Education and Training.
There are three options within the major project.
• Option 1: Completion of an applied project
o Participants are expected to identify and complete an applied project that clearly links theory with practice. The final report should be written in accordance with contemporary academic conventions and be of a critical nature. It should reflect the linkages between theory and practice demonstrating how engagement with the educational literature has informed professional practice.
• Option 2: Completion of a learning project
o Participants are expected to identify an issue which they investigate in depth. The final report should be written in accordance with contemporary academic conventions and be of a critical nature. It should reflect the linkages between theory and practice demonstrating how engagement with the educational literature has informed professional practice.
• Option 3: Completion of appropriate courses at the required level that are not offered in the Graduate Diploma in Industrial Education and Training.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
A student will be expected to be able to:
1. Plan, design, conduct and review an applied project in an adult or vocational context according to agreed timelines and outcomes.
2. Prepare a project report of a critical nature in accordance with contemporary academic conventions including details of:
2.1. project outline (professional and personal goals)
2.2. methods used for implementation of the project
2.3. review of the project and personal practice
2.4. linkages between theory and practice
2.5. how engagement with the educational literature has informed professional practice during the project
2.6. recommendations (if applicable)
2.7. references
Overview of Learning Activities
PROGRAM STAGES:
i.Introduction To The Project
ii. Student Preparation of Proposal
iii. Review of Proposal
vii. Approval of Project
viii. Implementation of Project
Overview of Learning Resources
There are no compulsory texts for this course. Some readings will be provided in print and electronic format. Participants will also be required to access resources from libraries and the Internet.
Overview of Assessment
Option 1: Completion of an applied project
Participants are expected to identify and complete an applied project that clearly links theory with practice. The final report should be written in accordance with contemporary academic conventions and be of a critical nature. It should reflect the linkages between theory and practice demonstrating how engagement with the educational literature has informed professional practice.
Project Report
1. The Written Report must be submitted, normally no later than 4 weeks following conclusion of the fieldwork.
2. A portfolio of evidence of completion of the applied project
3. The Written Report should be formally presented and be 4500 words in length, not including appendices. The report should be of a critical nature in accordance with contemporary academic conventions including details of
a. project outline (professional and personal goals)
b. implementation process
c. evaluation of the project and personal practice
d. linkages between theory and practice
e. how engagement with the educational literature has informed professional practice
f. recommendations
g. references
Oral Summation
In some cases, the written report may be supplemented with an oral presentation.
Option 2: Completion of a learning project
Participants are expected to identify an issue which they investigate in depth. The final report should be written in accordance with contemporary academic conventions and be of a critical nature. It should reflect the linkages between theory and practice demonstrating how engagement with the educational literature has informed professional practice.
Project Report
1. The Written Report must be submitted, normally no later than 4 weeks following conclusion of the fieldwork.
2. The Written Report should be formally presented and be 9000 words in length, not including appendices. The report should be of a critical nature in accordance with contemporary academic conventions including details of
2.1. project outline (professional and personal goals)
2.2. implementation process
2.3. evaluation of the project and personal practice
2.4. linkages between theory and practice
2.5. how engagement with the educational literature has informed professional practice
2.6. recommendations
2.7. references
Oral Summation
In some cases, the written report may be supplemented with an oral presentation.
Option 3: Completion of appropriate courses at the required level that are not offered in the Graduate Diploma in Industrial Education and Training.
Evidence of completion of a course not offered in the Graduate Diploma in Industrial Education and Training which is at the required post-graduate level. Where the course falls below the requirements of a Graduate Diploma the applicant may be requested to complete supplementary tasks.