APAC Core by Yogita Ahuja

are there any specific learning resources used in this unit with young learners in mind?

yogitaahuja — 2023-11-30 01:30:01 UTC

Week 8

2023-11-30 01:30:49 UTC

Indigenous Psych week would be good to be specifically scaffolded with PSY3052, e.g. VERY foundational Indigenous history, psychology, SEWB knowledge. Query who is planned to deliver this for 2024?

Tutor resources

2023-11-30 01:32:37 UTC

Definitely agree with the hand holding needed for 1st year students - this sounds like a lot of work for the tutors though, are there enough tutor resources and training?

safiraabubakar — 2023-11-30 01:32:38 UTC

This unit looks good - provides good foundations of basic areas of psychology, while introducing some new ones aligned with APAC (i.e. indigenous psych).

Assessment 1

2023-11-30 01:32:44 UTC

Would removing the weekly tests help to reduce assessment number? Assessments 2 and 3 seem to cover all LOs.

great idea regarding taking minutes of group meetings. this would be extremely helpful for conflict resolution and assessing group work!

2023-11-30 01:33:16 UTC

Transition from HS to Uni

2023-11-30 01:33:25 UTC

Students would find the jump from high school to Unit quite large. Especially in learning styles and how learning is delivered.

kimjohnston3 — 2023-11-30 01:33:44 UTC

Debating can be quite confronting, especially for a young student; would be good to consider how this is being scaffolding and supported.

Are the LO's perhaps a bit advanced?

2023-11-30 01:35:26 UTC

E.g. LOs 3, 4, 5 seem perhaps intermediate level - appraise/demonstrate

Could you merge assessments 3 and 4 and allow students to choose Qual or Quant?

2023-11-30 01:36:15 UTC

I think including quizzes could be a good idea, often students don't feel motivated to learn the material if there is no exam/quiz

2023-11-30 01:36:18 UTC

integration across first year units?

2023-11-30 01:37:13 UTC

What is the or is there explicit alignment or complementarity with the PSY1011 unit? The topics look different but how would students be informed of the reasons for these two units and how they work together to achieve year 1 goals?

Teamwork

2023-11-30 01:37:57 UTC

Wondering if teamwork is assessed via Feedback fruits, or some other manner? In the online programs, this can be a pain point for students

The ULOs seem quite advanced for 1st year which is more geared towards understanding not evaluating, critiquing or applying knowledge.

kimjohnston3 — 2023-11-30 01:39:05 UTC

Really nice structure!

2023-11-30 01:39:48 UTC

Great idea with Qual project :)

2023-11-30 01:39:59 UTC

I like that the topic will be personal (but not stressful), to most students. Balance of qual and quant is well achieved. Annotated bibliography seems a bit out of place with the other assessments?

LO4 - Research Report

2023-11-30 01:41:41 UTC

Is this where you would place preparation of a research report?

Assessment 3 has some overlap with PSY1023, PSY3052, and perhaps others.

2023-11-30 01:42:07 UTC

Week 2

2023-11-30 01:45:55 UTC

Be good to map content with PSY1011's content in week 7 and 8, and PSY3052's content.

Very interesting topics and assessments

2023-11-30 01:47:23 UTC

A good range of topics in the developmental space.

Assessment scaffold to PSY3034

2023-11-30 01:49:26 UTC

Will be good to consider how PSY3034 Capstone can build on media release and briefing report work and avoid repetition. [Tracey]

elizabethjones62 — 2023-11-30 01:49:29 UTC

I find odd the way the topics combined for some weeks- eg why have intergroup behaviour with group dynamics vs prejduice and discrimination (core aspects of intergroup behaviour)

safiraabubakar — 2023-11-30 01:49:40 UTC

Learning and biological theories could be condensed into nature/nurture debate, and placed earlier in the unit, as it underpins social psych as a subject and is covered in more detail in other units

Assessment 3

2023-11-30 01:49:48 UTC

Really like the idea of this assessment. Just wondering if there will be a set range of topics for students to pick from or any topic? How will these link back to biological psych theories specifically?

What approaches are used to bring the theoretical content to life? (Tutorials, Active Learning, Group work, Self-reflection?)

2023-11-30 01:50:55 UTC

Topic changes

2023-11-30 01:51:05 UTC

Can we share the updated changes for topics with Pola Practice to help scaffold with relevant first and third year units

Assignment heavy?

2023-11-30 01:51:45 UTC

Many LOs assessed 3 times

elizabethjones62 — 2023-11-30 01:51:57 UTC

This seems too much assessment- need to lose one task or integrate tasks

There's a lot to this unit; looks interesting but feels quite overwhelming in content & assessments.

kimjohnston3 — 2023-11-30 01:53:38 UTC

2023-11-30 01:53:49 UTC

A lot of content happening at once. Odd that social psychology and personality is combined, perhaps should have been two separate classes?

PSY1023 focuses on Qual. PSY2041 focuses on Quant - be good to ensure approaches to assessment are similar?

2023-11-30 01:54:17 UTC

this could be a good milestone unit to tie in learning from PSY1011 + PSY2071 , opportunity for unit team to consider co-design across overlapping topics

yogitaahuja — 2023-11-30 01:54:38 UTC

safiraabubakar — 2023-11-30 01:56:11 UTC

Aims of assessment 2 is covered by PSY1023's assessment 1

elizabethjones62 — 2023-11-30 01:56:21 UTC

40% seems a big exam weighting

Low stakes assessments tend to equal low care factor.

kimjohnston3 — 2023-11-30 01:57:09 UTC

overlap of neuropsych assessment with same topic in PSY4270

2023-11-30 01:57:34 UTC

This is something we should look at and ensure we are strategic in building on or avoiding any overlap

2023-11-30 01:57:41 UTC

Surprised that there is a test series and end of semester exam as well. It sounds like there would be considerable overlap there? Could there be space to assess these quant skills in another way?

Ethics removal

2023-11-30 01:57:44 UTC

Be good to see where ethics can be covered foundationally in first year.

PSY3052 can deepen this

Intro to learning at uni

2023-11-30 02:02:30 UTC

I like how you are making efforts to help students learn how to learn at uni - the bridge between high school expectations/activities and uni.

Quant methods

safiraabubakar — 2023-11-30 02:02:45 UTC

Covered in PSY1023 and PSY2061 - can check for overlap.

Unit Title not quite right?

2023-11-30 02:04:21 UTC

Considering the heavy quant methods content of this unit, I'm not sure if the unit title isn't quite right, or perhaps the content is off-balance?

Are there psych testing tools/online platform that could provide students with a more hands on experience of how the theories works in practice

yogitaahuja — 2023-11-30 02:04:31 UTC

safiraabubakar — 2023-11-30 02:06:22 UTC

Lab report could be broken up into segments, and final exam could be removed (as it's similar to the weekly MCQs)?

I think this approach to science communication is great considering that we have graduates who go off to do many things.

ellyfrancispester — 2023-11-30 02:09:14 UTC

Oral presentation

2023-11-30 02:10:54 UTC

Is this a recorded lecture or delivered in the tutorial? Therefore will the audience indeed include someone with lived experience and/or practitioners

Alternative approaches to MCQs in exam for a 3rd year unit / alt assessment approaches for higher order thinking

yogitaahuja — 2023-11-30 02:11:32 UTC

elizabethjones62 — 2023-11-30 02:11:41 UTC

Why a 50% exam seen as best assessment?

Oral Presentation

2023-11-30 02:11:55 UTC

I really like the approach of 2 different audiences - we have a similar assessment in the online space, but only one audience (general). Having that contrast is well aligned with unit outcomes

Magazine assessment

2023-11-30 02:13:02 UTC

Curious if there are any concerns around AI usage from students with this style of assessment?

Assessments

2023-11-30 02:13:19 UTC

Tracey to check in with Daniel over the magazine and oral assessments for how they may adapt PSY3034 Capstone syllabus plan for S2

Unsure why W6 and W12 are 6 weeks apart - feels like they should go hand-in-hand

safiraabubakar — 2023-11-30 02:13:48 UTC

2023-11-30 02:13:56 UTC

Lecture 5 on Learning extends on content in lectures in PSY2071 Developmental Psychology. Great!

A much needed unit

2023-11-30 02:14:22 UTC

Fantastic content - sorry, no other feedback but really glad to see the material being taught!

Related to PSY2061 -

ellyfrancispester — 2023-11-30 02:14:27 UTC

Would be great to see how we can approach scaffolding for the weeks where we might have more overlap in those later weeks (might be able reduce repeated info)

Social determinants

2023-11-30 02:14:34 UTC

Maybe social determinants can come earlier for that aha moment - oh so health isn't just a personal choice!

Social determinants of health

2023-11-30 02:14:35 UTC

Great to have this embedded in the core sequence. I suspect we could lay foundations for this in earlier years, but probably in MHWBS rather than core as it's shaped currently

Additional build in earlier units would be helpful for supporting this unit. Cultural lens, understanding positionality etc can be applied across every unit regardless of the subject matter focus ... and in doing so it makes this unit less a "this is the unit we do that stuff" approach ... important if the messaging is that we want this to be a standard way students consider & conceptualise through a culturally safe lens.

kimjohnston3 — 2023-11-30 02:14:45 UTC

Love this critical lens - it was definitely a gap in the past - are neuro stream students also taking this unit?

2023-11-30 02:15:01 UTC

ethics

2023-11-30 02:15:44 UTC

PSY2071 briefly goes through APA ethics guidelines in a tutorial

elizabethjones62 — 2023-11-30 02:16:40 UTC

Really important that we integrate this with our mental health and wellbeing stream units- eg we will be doing a Mental health with marginalised people unit in our 3rd year from 2025

Really important unit

safiraabubakar — 2023-11-30 02:17:15 UTC

I think this should be scaffolded more strongly across units throughout the years

Topics

2023-11-30 02:19:05 UTC

A good range of disorders. Are there any speakers with lived experience?

Is there a way to fold in LO5 into A2?

safiraabubakar — 2023-11-30 02:19:34 UTC

A1 currently only assesses 1 ULO - would be good to see if this ULO could be integrated/folded into another assessment.

Would be good to see some time given to current trends toward transdiagnostic / dimensional approaches as a balance to the DSM / categorical focus

2023-11-30 02:20:08 UTC

busting myths and stigma around disorders could promote students towards evidence informed understanding

yogitaahuja — 2023-11-30 02:20:16 UTC

Not sure I understand why OCD & trauma are together? Would be interesting to bring some alternative perspectives to this content too (similar to what's happening in 3052), especially given majority students won't go on to work in a diagnostic space.

kimjohnston3 — 2023-11-30 02:20:20 UTC

Lived experience

2023-11-30 02:22:30 UTC

Wondering what lived experience content is in the unit? Would be great as language around 'disorders' can be stigmatising.

Title needs to be about Quant research methods or include Qual methods more than 1 week.

2023-11-30 02:23:12 UTC

safiraabubakar — 2023-11-30 02:23:13 UTC

What's covered each week? I.e., diagnostic criteria, symptoms, and potential interventions or treatments? There's a lot of subjects covered each week - is there enough time?

Great to see this unit addressing current trends, research ethics, and best practices (open science, replicability, etc)

2023-11-30 02:24:29 UTC

Qual research methods

2023-11-30 02:24:37 UTC

Coverage here seems to be minimal, so I wonder if we drop this entirely and develop elsewhere in the program

Needs to scaffold and integrate with 1023, 2061 and 2041.

safiraabubakar — 2023-11-30 02:24:41 UTC

Some of the content is repetitive - W1 to W3 is covered multiple times in great detail. Need to check exact content covered in each unit to make sure teaching is similar and nothing is overly repetitive

LO2 only assessed in a quiz? also, not sure a quiz addresses practical implementation

2023-11-30 02:25:05 UTC

exams/quizzes

2023-11-30 02:26:11 UTC

Something I've noticed across units, there are still alot of exam/quiz assessments. Wondering if there is an opportunity across all units to replace these with more authentic assessments

in person lectures

2023-11-30 02:26:12 UTC

great approach to address the concerns you raised!

elizabethjones62 — 2023-11-30 02:26:30 UTC

Re lectures in person- Ive seen in IT they have recorded lecture to give introduction to a topic and then 1 hour large group "workshop" to discuss and answer questions

whole of course curriculum approach

2023-11-30 02:27:41 UTC

really great approach here to work together in the working group!

general comment

2023-11-30 02:27:57 UTC

I think it would be good to look programmatically at unit titles which are a bit boring and not that informative. Can we do better and create the feel of the programmatic nature of what we are trying to do?

Research report

2023-11-30 02:28:04 UTC

So do students complete an analysis in JASP/R as part of the research report assessment? Not clear on this, but it would be great to showcase practical skills. Also really appreciate the JASP/R approach - we are teaching SPSS predominantly online. Does the research report allow a qual approach? Can see the pros/cons of this (would be difficult to have a marking criteria that allows both approaches)

elizabethjones62 — 2023-11-30 02:28:19 UTC

Yes we need to have a shared understanding of when and why we use quizzes and/or exams- so we can explain to students why we are assessing that way and question ourselves as well

safiraabubakar — 2023-11-30 02:28:26 UTC

Could MCQs be changed to something to allow for application e.g. research case studies to learn to apply concepts? E.g. chances to write a hypothesis, decide specific research designs to address specific hypotheses or q's, etc

another general comment

2023-11-30 02:32:33 UTC

Imagining given what we've just heard--how can we create a front face of all of this for students to help them make sense of what we are doing across this curriculum. Tricky but so important.

I think a few topics need whole-of-course review: research methods, ethics, cultural responsiveness-Cammi

yogitaahuja — 2023-11-30 02:33:51 UTC

Do we have a stream lead for research methods? (i.e quant, qual) - Kylie

yogitaahuja — 2023-11-30 02:34:15 UTC

2023-11-30 02:35:00 UTC

Considering using non-graded quizzes, but really serve to consolidate the factual knowledge and find points of misunderstanding.

Building on Julie's comment re students understanding where they are going and how it all fits together; it would be great if the unit titles and approach were to pick up on the schools education vision so there's a cohesive "feel" to what we are trying to achieve.

kimjohnston3 — 2023-11-30 02:36:57 UTC

learning journey representation

2023-11-30 02:37:44 UTC

Could we create a journey diagram with key points along the way with clickable steps to take them in further.

Lauren and I just got ethics approval for a project to ask recent graduates (from 3rd year, Honours, GDP and GDPA) about their experiences in the degree and their next steps.We are hoping that this will form the basis of some future Honours research projects assessing the student experience and their expectations of the degree.If anyone is interested in collaborating please feel free to get in touch :) - Jake

yogitaahuja — 2023-11-30 02:38:39 UTC

Do we have any visibility of where the broader conversation is regarding the use of AI for plagiarism? Obviously the assessments also vary in terms of how vulnerable they are to this, and I wonder whether / when this need to get factored in?- Sean

yogitaahuja — 2023-11-30 02:38:54 UTC

We've had a digital portfolio in the MAMH for a year now Liz, so reach out if I can assist.

kimjohnston3 — 2023-11-30 02:39:10 UTC

Tracking unit-associated research

2023-11-30 02:39:52 UTC

Would be good to see what research projects exist around our curriculum (e.g. Jake and Lauren's), to integrate into these sessions and course committees

The portfolio would be great for use in the capstone unit also - Elly

yogitaahuja — 2023-11-30 02:39:52 UTC

Be good to align approaches and frameworks that teach reflection

2023-11-30 02:46:46 UTC

scaffolding reflection skills across PSY1014, PSY1024 , PSY1013 etc, go-to models/shared approach across year levels from guided to independent/deep reflection

yogitaahuja — 2023-11-30 02:54:09 UTC

Tutor guidance

2023-11-30 03:14:42 UTC

Some of these units (and core) seem like they require specific guidance for tutors - would be good to find a streamlined approach for this. E.g. Tutor guides similar in PSY1013 and PSY1024 [Cammi]

YLC's need to map timing and type of assessments

2023-11-30 03:24:10 UTC

Lived Experience

2023-11-30 03:32:45 UTC

Better understanding of how LE inclusion can be funded for units - where does funding come from, can we have ongoing partnerships to ensure year-to-year clarity. How can we ensure that LE across units is aligned? Kim's project is a fantastic start.

Need agreement on terminology and definitions re: cultural responsiveness, cultural safety, reflection, critical reflection, social determinants etc.

2023-11-30 03:40:47 UTC

for clarification, relationship between core units and streams

juliestout3 — 2023-11-30 03:42:03 UTC

Is it correct that the stream units can count on students understanding info from core units (for a given year) but core units would not assume a student had a stream unit competancy?

Units available

2023-11-30 03:42:33 UTC

Would be good to know what students think about the spread of electives available. Are there other units they'd like?

Teaching staff seem to need various PD opportunities, maybe a series to address our skills gaps?

2023-11-30 05:05:04 UTC