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Unit of Study TCH20001 - Professional Experience II: Effective Teaching (2017)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    7

  • Level of learning

    Intermediate

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    Must be prepared to travel up to 90 mins to and from school placement. Students will undertake a block practicum of 25-30 days depending on course.

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to build on knowledge and skills developed in Professional Experience I through further classroom teaching experience as well as through the development of an understanding of what it means to be an effective and competent teacher. The New South Wales Quality Teaching Framework and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers underpin this unit. Students will apply effective teaching frameworks to their own classroom practice.

Unit content

Module 1: Introduction to effective teaching frameworks
Introduces students to the New South Wales Quality Teaching (NSWQT) Framework and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. These frameworks provide guidelines and reflective tools for teachers to improve practices.

  • Effective Teaching
  • Intellectual Quality and the APST
  • Significance and the APST
  • Quality learning environments and the APST

Module 2: Effective teaching in action

  • Implications for planning
  • Implications for teaching
  • Implications for assessment
  • Preparing for the practicum

Module 3: Practicum
Students will undertake 25-30 days of practicum depending on their course. The first five visits will be observation.

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

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast Session 2 Session 2
Lismore Session 2 Session 2
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 relevant research that underpins models of effective teaching
2 plan and implement lessons using the NSW Quality Teaching Framework
3 develop learning experiences and, in consultation with a mentor teacher, classroom policies that promote intellectual quality, the significance of the learning and the quality of the learning environment
4 develop lesson plans across the key learning areas suitable to the diversity of the students in the classroom
5 create materials suitable for supporting teaching and professional development
6 work towards creating a safe and supportive learning environment having regard to child protection legislation, workplace health and safety, and duty of care
7 reflect critically and creatively on teaching practices, drawing on classroom experiences of student learning.

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

  1. identify relevant research that underpins models of effective teaching
    • GA1:
  2. plan and implement lessons using the NSW Quality Teaching Framework
    • GA1:
  3. develop learning experiences and, in consultation with a mentor teacher, classroom policies that promote intellectual quality, the significance of the learning and the quality of the learning environment
    • GA4:
  4. develop lesson plans across the key learning areas suitable to the diversity of the students in the classroom
    • GA7:
  5. create materials suitable for supporting teaching and professional development
    • GA1:
  6. work towards creating a safe and supportive learning environment having regard to child protection legislation, workplace health and safety, and duty of care
    • GA6:
  7. reflect critically and creatively on teaching practices, drawing on classroom experiences of student learning.
    • GA1:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.