Unit of Study EDUC1006 Interdisciplinary Studies: Crossing the Line (2025)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

24 credit points in 3007002 - Bachelor of Education OR [[7215] - Bachelor of Early Childhood Education OR admitted in 1209001 - Master of Teaching OR 2125300 - Diploma of Arts and Social Sciences OR 2125500 - Diploma of Education

Enrolment information

Students will be required to undertake an online Professional Experience Laboratory equivalent to 5 days of observations.

Unit description

Encourages deep understandings through interdisciplinary explorations of real-world problems, solutions and responses. Students develop their understanding of a variety of interdisciplinary frameworks as well as explore connections between disciplines. These frameworks are applied to observations of teaching and learning in the real-world. The unit emphases critical and creative thinking, literacy and numeracy, and ethical and interconnected approaches to problems that matter.

Unit content

Module 1. Introduction to Interdisciplinarity: definitions and frameworks.

Module 2. Transforming Language and Literacy through Interdisciplinary Approaches.

Module 3. Transforming PDHPE and Humanities through Interdisciplinary Approaches.

Module 4. Transforming the Creative Arts through Interdisciplinary Approaches.

Module 5. Transforming STEM through Interdisciplinary Approaches.

Module 6. Interdisciplinary Futures: where to from here.

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Term3	Term3
Gold Coast	Term1,3	Term1,3
Lismore	Term3	Term3
Online	Term1,3	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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

identify and critically engage with concepts, principles and theories of disciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity

define and understand a chosen discipline in relation to other disciplines

identify and understand applications of interdisciplinary approaches to problems or challenges

develop and apply an interdisciplinary framework to a specific problem or challenge

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 2 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Blog	50%
Report	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 2 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Blog	50%
Report	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 2 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Blog	50%
Report	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 2 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Blog	50%
Report	50%

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Fee information

Domestic

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