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Here i am, first posting on the Ning and this occurs at 10pm at night in week 5 of semester 1. I realise how quickly semester 2 is going to come around and this requires a bit of planning on my behalf as unit coordinator to unit materials (unit guide, reading, etc) ready.
What do the students want from their class?
How will this be different from the HOPE class that students take in semester 1?
What are the differences going to be between those studying on campus and those studying off campus?
Some of my ideas are spinning around my head at the moment. I want to try and create an online portal (the gymnasium) where students enter and 'choose' topic areas for their own information and knowledge, which might also be able to be used as part of the assesment.
I was reading a paper today by Judith Rink (2007, Quest) which discusses the importance of or the differences between discipline study and that which occurs as pedagogy. It resonated with me a little bit because all students, irrespective of OCL or on campus, Grad Dip Ed (Sec) or SOR have really come through degrees that 'promote' discipline thinking, gaining the knowledge of anatomy, physiology, exercise physiology, motor development, biomechanics, etc etc. This unit, the 'methods' class offers opportunity in the pedagogical aspects...so how am I going to manage that tension between discipline study and pedagogical outcomes?
More to come later.
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