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Unit of Study TCH10014 - Professional Experience I: Becoming a Teacher (2016)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    7

  • Level of learning

    Introductory

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    Must be prepared to travel up to 90 mins to and from placement school. Students must be enrolled in an Education award.

Unit description

Provides the foundation for developing competence in students’ teaching skills and strategies by: (i) the study of contemporary theory and practice about effective classroom practice, and (ii) the satisfactory completion of a professional experience placement in schools.

Unit content

Module 1: Skills And Strategies For Teaching

Introduces students to the Orientation, Guided Discovery, Exploration and Reflection (OGER) framework. The framework provides a structure that allows for a deeper understanding of planning and an overview of the micro skills for teaching. Assessment as a way to address the learning intentions of lessons will also be addressed.

  • Orientation: Engaging diverse learners
  • Guided Discovery: Explicit teaching
  • Exploration: Student focussed practice
  • Reflection: Reviewing teaching and learning
  • Assessment

Module 2: Policy and Practice

  • The learning environment and managing student behaviour
  • Establishing a professional identity (Including alignment with the National Professional Standards for Graduate Teachers)
  • Preparation for practicum (including Code of Conduct, Anaphylaxis Training, Child Protection and Duty of Care Legislation)

Module 3: Professional Experience

Students will undertake 25 days of professional experience. The first five school visits will be observation.

  • Observation
  • Planning for teaching
  • Lesson implementation
  • Assessment
  • Reflection on practice
  • Meeting requirements

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour Session 2 N/A
Gold Coast Session 1,  2 Session 1
Lismore Session 2 N/A
Online Session 1,  2 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 identify and apply skills and strategies associated with effective classroom practice
2 work collaboratively and professionally with peers, tutors and mentors
3 link theory to practice by planning, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning experiences
4 construct detailed planning documents including focussed teaching episodes, lesson plans, assessment and evaluation strategies, using the template/s provided on MySCU
5 reflect upon their growth in professional practice and knowledge through their commitment to and engagement with the unit content and associated school-based activities
6 analyse policy documents and procedures with which teachers need to comply, including child protection legislation, teacher duty-of-care and code of conduct obligations

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify and apply skills and strategies associated with effective classroom practice
    • GA4:
  2. work collaboratively and professionally with peers, tutors and mentors
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. link theory to practice by planning, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning experiences
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. construct detailed planning documents including focussed teaching episodes, lesson plans, assessment and evaluation strategies, using the template/s provided on MySCU
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  5. reflect upon their growth in professional practice and knowledge through their commitment to and engagement with the unit content and associated school-based activities
    • GA4:
  6. analyse policy documents and procedures with which teachers need to comply, including child protection legislation, teacher duty-of-care and code of conduct obligations
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

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  • No prescribed texts.

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.