Introduction Professional Skills

This following blog is a report on the professional skills I have developed while completing a Bachelor of Learning Management (Teaching) with CQUniversity. Two sets of skills will be explored; one specific to the skills the university aspires to help all graduates attain, which are known as Graduate Attributes. The second set of skills are the skills obtained specific to the Bachelor of Learning Management known as degree specific professional skills.

The Graduate Attributes are team work, communication, problem solving, critical thinking, information literacy, information technology competence, cross cultural competence and ethical practice. While each of these attributes will be explored two will be reported on in detail with current research with evidence of the attributes. The two attributes chosen are Team Work and Communication.

There are many Degree Specific Professional Skills which have been put into three domains. These domains are Professional Knowledge; which encompasses knowledge of curriculum and essential learning documents, organising skills, planning skills, assessing and reporting. The second domain is Supportive Environment which incorporates behaviour management, building a rapport with the learners, networks and partnerships, communication and working in a team. Domain three is Pedagogy which is the art and science of teaching and this contains strategies for teaching, understanding how learners learn and Dimensions of Learning. Two of these professional skills in the Pedagogy domain will be explored in depth. They are Behaviour Management and Organisational Skills.