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Managing the Learning Environment
PostgraduateCUR-MTS5032025
Understand how to maintain a positive, safe and supportive learning environment. Focus on your own proactive behaviour in being able to meet individual student needs and appreciate how to engage carers and the wider community.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 24 Aug 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025,
- 1 Sept 2025
- Price from
- $2,735
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Managing the Learning Environment
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- use current research to analyse how a diversity of learners can be accommodated in the learning environment
- create a personal learning management plan that comprises and synthesises philosophy, theory and practical strategies
- engage and interact with students, parents/carers, schools, communities, professional networks and critique their roles within these interconnected relationships
- research and analyse specific strengths-based strategies to engage meaningful learning
- Introduction to the Positive Learning Framework Models of learning environment management
- Proactive strategies Developing safe, supportive and accountable learning environments
- Creating a personal learning management plan
- Re-engaging the disengaged learner
- Diverse needs of learners
- Strengths-based model Engaging the stakeholders
- Restorative practice and resilience
This subject focusses on creating and maintaining a positive learning framework, developing safe, supportive and accountable learning environments. Emphasis will be placed on proactive teacher behaviour to motivate and engage a diversity of learners.
Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.
Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.
- Positive learning framework plan (50%)
- Case study report on strategies to support learning (50%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-SEC-MAS-2025 - Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
Elective
- CUR-EDU-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Education
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative, access to video creation and editing software.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
PostgraduateCUR-SEC-MAS
Graduate Certificate in Education
PostgraduateCUR-EDU-GCE