As part of a strategy to focus teaching at VU on student learning, a set of 16 guidelines were drafted drawing heavily on a similar set of guidelines at the University of New South Wales. The guidelines have been aligned to the VU Teacher Capabilities and provide a tool for identifying the practices underpinning these capabilities which result in effective learning. The Guidelines relate to 5 aspects of learning, which link to the VU Teacher Capabilities in the following way:
| Capability |
Guideline relating to ... |
1
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Teaching staff know how their students learn and how to teach them effectively. |
Engaging students in learning. |
2
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Teaching staff know the discipline or field of practice they teach. |
Contextualising students’ learning experiences. |
3
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Teaching staff know their students. |
Creating an inclusive learning and teaching experience |
4 & 5
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Teaching staff plan for effective learning &
Teaching staff assess student learning effectively. |
Designing and teaching an engaging, contextualised and inclusive curriculum |
6
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Teaching staff create and maintain effective learning environments. |
Creating and maintaining engaging and effective learning environments. |
7
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Teaching staff operate effectively within their institutional context. |
Knowledge and understanding of the institutional context is required for effective demonstration of any of the Guidelines. |
8 |
Teaching staff reflect on, evaluate and improve their practice. |
A willingness to reflect on teaching from the perspective of how students can learn most effectively is implicit in all the Guidelines |