UWA Handbook 2025

Unit Overview

Description

The Capstone Unit provides Graduate Certificate of Tertiary Teaching (GCTT) participants with the opportunity to consolidate prior learning and draw from teaching and learning experiences to evidence professional capabilities relevant to their own context. Strategies for monitoring the impact of teaching and assessment approaches, reflection on professional growth and development, and evidence-based practice are key components of the Capstone unit. Capstone participants must evidence learning from GCTT units, shared learning and collaboration with peers, and relevant literature. Participants are provided support through regular connections with peers and supervision from the Unit Coordinator. Students will have the option of submitting the assessment for the HEA Fellowship application. If students select the HEA pathway, support, guidance, and feedback will be provided via the University of Western Australia process.

Credit

6 points

Offering

Availability	Location	Mode	First year of offer
Not available in 2025	UWA (Perth)	On-campus

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) synthesise relevant literature and documentation to justify approaches to teaching and learning and their effectiveness for engaging students; (2) implement personalised approaches that accommodate student diversity and facilitate a sense of belonging; (3) critically reflect on professional capabilities and ethical implications to identify teaching and learning strategies for quality student experiences and outcomes; (4) investigate the impact of digital technologies on student learning; and (5) integrate learning from professional practice and collaboration to inform professional growth and capacity building.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) reflective narrative and (2) template. Further information is available in the unit outline.

This unit is assessed on an ungraded pass/ungraded failed basis. All assessment items must be successfully completed.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Sonia Ferns

Unit rules

Prerequisites

Successful completion of

EDUC5111 Foundations of Tertiary Teaching
and EDUC5512 Curriculum Design for Learning
and EDUC5708 Digital Technologies for Learning

Contact hours

Half-day workshops in Week 1 & 12
optional weekly workshops

Note

This unit will run from November through to February of the following year and will allow for a break over the University shutdown period. A half day workshop will be held in week one of the teaching period to introduce the Capstone unit and clarify expectations. Students will reflect on their professional practice and capabilities, consolidate learning from GCTT units, and begin shaping ideas for their reflective narrative. A second half day workshop will be conducted in week 12 (February), the final week of the teaching period, to provide feedback on reflective narratives and facilitate peer collaboration and sharing of ideas. These sessions will be offered in HyFlex mode (students have the option of joining online or attending face to face).

Optional one-hour weekly sessions will be offered throughout the study period to monitor progress and enable students to collaborate with peers and obtain feedback and lecturer.