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student learning is facilitated by providing a range of options and self directed learning choices;

students are more likely to explore topics in depth if they have a personal interest in the subject area and can relate it to their own prospective professional practice;

students often fail to engage sufficiently with aspects of the course content which do not directly relate to their assignment topics;

timely and constructive feedback is critical to the facilitation of self directed learning

timely presentation of appropriate intellectual frameworks through a range of media including lectures, tutorial discussions, workshops and course readers are critical to the facilitation of self directed learning;

student learning is facilitated by ensuring clarity of learning objectives and forgrounding an approach to learning as reflective practice;

student learning is most successfully encouraged in a framework that encourages a critical engagement with both theoretical and practice issues;

student learning is most successfully encouraged in a framework that seeks to draw out connections and interactions between different topics;