Observation dimension 6: Encourages deep learning outcomes
Does the teacher encourage students to
reflect and share what they already know
about the topic, discuss how it relates to
other things that they know, and
hypothesise about its implications for
particular problems and cases?
Some
Evidence
What evidence did you see?
(tick types)
Encourages student reflection on
understanding
Encourages student reflection on how
they most effectively learn
Encourages discussion and sharing to
develop understanding amongst peers
Encourages students to explore
connections between new knowledge
and related concepts covered
elsewhere
Encourages students to use new
knowledge to develop hypotheses and
arguments about previously
unexplored concepts and problems
Provides learning experiences that
are authentic to practice in the
profession, workplace, or community
Provides learning experiences that
are relevant to assessment, degree
completion, other activities,
professional requirement
Provides learning experiences that
allow students to take on an active role
in learning
Provides learning experiences that
allow significant interaction with
academics
Provides learning experiences that
allow significant interaction with peers
Provides learning experiences that
allow significant interaction with
industry leaders and professional
experts
Designs activities that maintain
student interest
Comments and examples:
Do the students reflect and share what
they know about the topic, relate their
new understanding to knowledge in other
domains, and hypothesize about
implications for new problem areas?
Some
Evidence
What evidence did you see?
(tick types)
Undertake reflective practice to
investigate what and how they know
Undertake reflective practice to
investigate how they learn most
effectively
Engage in exploration of relationships
between concepts and between
concept areas
Engage in the development of
arguments and ideas for the
application of new knowledge to other
domains
Productively interact with teachers,
tutors
Productively collaborate to develop
understanding
Adopt active learning strategies
Comments and examples:
Exhibit high level of interest in the
Moderate
Evidence
Moderate
Evidence
Significant
Evidence
Not
Applicable
Significant
Evidence
Not
Applicable
learning experience