Content
Preamble
Effective Learning, Teaching and
Assessment
Other Relevant Documents
1. Preamble
This Policy sets out the University of Wollongong's
approach to effective learning, teaching and assessment
and the principles underlying teaching and assessment
practice. The Code
of Practice - Teaching and Assessment is critical
to the implementation of this Policy. The Code includes
the specific responsibilities of parties affected in
relation to learning, teaching and assessment, as well
as procedures for academic teaching staff.
The University's principal functions in relation to
teaching and learning are set out in section 6 of the
University of Wollongong Act 1989 and include "the
encouragement of the dissemination, advancement, development
and application of knowledge informed by free inquiry"
and "the provision of teaching and learning that
engage with advanced knowledge and inquiry". The
University's overarching learning and teaching objectives
and strategies to fulfil these principal functions are
set out in the Learning and Teaching Strategic Plan
2003-2006.
To ensure its currency and efficacy, this Policy will
be reviewed by the Education Policy Review Sub-Committee
by March/June 2005. Any amendment to this Policy must
receive the approval of Academic Senate.
2. Effective Learning,
Teaching and Assessment
The University values good teaching and assessment
practice and is committed to providing an effective
learning environment for its students. To this end,
the University has in place quality assurance processes
and procedures to support effective teaching and fair
assessment practices. Underlying these processes and
procedures are the principles of equity, consistency,
transparency and collegiality.
The University sustains an effective learning and teaching
environment by meeting the needs of students and staff
through:
- creating and sustaining an effective environment
for learning and teaching;
- making reasonable accommodation for student diversity
and varied learning styles;
- providing appropriate information to students on
learning outcomes, subject content and assessment;
- requiring congruence between stated learning outcomes,
content and assessment methods;
- implementing uniform procedures for the development,
approval and review of subjects;
- supporting the sharing of information on best practice
in teaching and assessment among colleagues;
- supporting the professional development of its teaching
staff;
- providing fair, critical, helpful and timely feedback
on assessment;
- ensuring student access to teaching staff;
- investing responsibility for and authority of decisions,
and action arising from those decisions, collectively
among colleagues;
- implementing uniform procedures for the determination
and declaration of results by assessment committees;
- providing clearly outlined mechanisms for appeal
against decisions.
3. Other Relevant Documents
The University has policies, codes and guidelines that
set out the requirements that both staff and students
must observe to ensure the learning, teaching and assessment
process is equitable, consistent, transparent and collegial.
This Policy should be read in conjunction with the following
further documents:
Policies
Codes
Guidelines, Procedures and Best Practice
- Assessment
Committee Guidelines, setting out uniform procedures
for determining and declaring results
- Best Practice - Assessment, providing academic staff
with guidance on a range of assessment issues
- Guidelines
for Scaling, providing academic staff with guidance
in deciding when it is appropriate to scale marks
and, if so, what method of scaling might be employed
Modification
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19/11/03
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108/03
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Academic Senate
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New
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Last Updated:
March 13, 2008
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