ASSIGNMENT

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HPGD1203
THEORIES AND PRACTICES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
JANUARY 2022 SEMESTER

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION

1. Answer in English or Malay.

2. Number of words: 3000-5000 words excluding references.

3. Submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file.

4. Submit your assignment ONLINE.

5. Submission date : 15 MARCH 2022.

6. This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course.

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 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

The objective of the assignment is to enable learners to apply 21 st century skills in

planning to teach and discuss how ICT and student-centred instructional strategy can be
incorporated and used in the classroom to enhance their learning and acquisition of
knowledge and wholesome development.

PART I: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT (50 MARKS)

Hattie (2012) in his study highlighted several highly effective classroom practices which
include: teacher clarity, classroom discussion, feedback, formative assessment, and
metacognitive strategies.

For this assignment, you are required to discuss the above teaching practices that will be
suitable for learners to acquire the 4Cs of 21st century learning skills. In your discussion,
relate these teaching strategies with relevant theories and provide your justifications
why these teaching practices are useful for the 21st century learning skills.

In your report, include the followings:

(a) Introduction that provides an overview of teaching and learning practices and its
importance.
(b) Discuss at least FOUR teaching practices that will allow your students to
demonstrate the “4Cs” of the 21st century learning skills.
(c) Discuss the relevant theories that support your teaching practices.
(d) Teaching practices will be appropriate for 21 st century learning skills. Provide
justification for this statement.
(f) Conclusion that concludes and synthesises your write-up.
(g) References and in-text citation should be according to APA Citation Style and
relevant to support your discussion.
[TOTAL: 50 MARKS]

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PART II: ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10 MARKS)
This part requires students to participate actively in the MyINSPIRE eforum. Discuss the
following topics in the forum and submit proof of your participation with your tutor and
peers in the eforum online discussions:
a. Discuss common factors that contribute to effective teaching.
b. How to make your classroom teaching engaging? Discuss.

INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO SUBMIT PROOF OF ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION:

1. Select the best FIVE (5) postings from your forum discussion set in the assignment.
2. Do screenshots of the postings and include them as images in your Part 1 and Part
2 assignment file.
3. The screenshots should be in an image file (either in JPG or PNG format). Refer to
the sample of Screen Grab below
4. The screenshots should contain the name, title of the discussion, day, date and
time.

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HPGD1203 THEORIES AND PRACTICES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING / JANUARY 2022
PART I: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT (50 MARKS)
CLO
Criteria Weightage
3 Introduction
3 Discussion on 4 teaching
practices that will allow
students to
demonstrate the “4Cs”
of the 21st century
learning skills
3 Discussion on the 3
theories that support
your teaching practices
3 Justification as teaching
and learning practices
will be appropriate for
21st century learning
skills
ATTACHMENT
ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
Unsatisfactory
Excellent Good Fair Poor Or
Max
No response
Marks
4 3 2 1 0
1.0 Introduction is very Introduction is well Introduction is quite well Introduction is not well No introduction 4
well presented presented which gives presented which gives presented which do not
which gives overview of the content overview of the content give overview of the
overview of the content
content
3.5 Excellent discussion Good discussion on Fair discussion on teaching Weak discussion on No discussion 14
on teaching a teaching a subject that a subject that allow teaching a subject that on the ICT
subject that allow allow student to student to demonstrate allow student to platform used
student to demonstrate the “4Cs” the “4Cs” using the ICT demonstrate the “4Cs”
demonstrate the using the ICT platform platform used using the ICT platform
“4Cs” using the ICT used used
platform used
3.0 The theories that The theories that The theories that support The theories that support No theories 12
support teaching support teaching teaching practices is quite teaching practices is not discussed
practices is very practices is relevant relevant relevant
accurate
3.0 The argument The argument was The argument was quite The argument was illogical No justification 12
succeeds logically logical to assess whether logical to assess whether to assess whether the provided
to assess whether the premises are true the premises are true premises are true
the premises are
true
4
 3 Conclusion 1.0 Excellent Good conclusion of the Fair conclusion of the Weak and general No conclusion in 4
conclusion of the discussion discussion conclusion provided
discussion

3 In-text citations and
references
1.0 Citations and Citations and references Citations and references Citations and references No references 4
references closely closely follow the APA are Citations and closely follow the APA appended
follow the APA system with minor errors references closely follow system with many errors
system with no the APA system with some
errors errors

Total 12.5 50
*QN = Question Number

PART II: ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10 MARKS)

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 Unsatisfactory/No
Excellent Good Fair Low Max.
QN CLO Criteria Weighting Response
Marks
4 3 2 1 0
3 3 Online discussion questions: 1.0 The student The student participates Comments are The student does No postings 4
a. Discuss common factors participates actively actively in discussions generally vague or not initiate submitted
that contribute to effective and constructively in drawn from outside contribution and
teaching. discussions (ongoing) of the lacks of interest in
b. How to make your participation.
classroom teaching
engaging? Discuss.

Participation in e forum
3 3 Quality of comments 1.5 Comments are always Comments are mostly Comments are Comments are No postings 6
insightful and insightful and sometimes uninformative, submitted
constructive. Uses constructive. Mostly constructive, with lacking in
appropriate uses appropriate occasional signs of appropriate
terminology. terminology. insight. The student terminology.
Comments balanced Occasionally comments does not use
between general are too general or not appropriate
impressions, opinions relevant to the terminology;
& specific, thoughtful discussion. comments not
criticisms or always relevant to
contributions the discussion.
Total 2.5   10
*QN = Question Number