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Unit of Study TCH81003 - Professional Experience I: Enhancing Student Learning (2016)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    8

  • Level of learning

    Introductory

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    Students must be enrolled in the 1207286 - Master of Teaching to enrol in this unit. Students are required to complete a compulsory 20 day professional placement in a secondary school. For Distance Education students a face-to-face workshop will be offered.

Unit description

Provides the foundation for developing competence in students’ teaching skills and strategies by: examining contemporary theory and practice about effective classroom practice; completing satisfactorily a professional experience placement in schools; and examining the important role of school based assessment data in improving student learning outcomes.

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.

Module 2: Using Assessment Data to Improve Student Learning

  • reading and interpreting assessment data for effective teaching and quality learning, with a particular focus on data related to literacy and numeracy
  • investigating  and applying national, state and school based assessment processes, data collection and analysis to improve student learning outcomes
  • the importance of keeping accurate and reliable records – the role of ICTs

Module 3: Professional Experience

Students will undertake 20 days of professional experience.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 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 relevant national and international research that underpins effective teaching;
2 Link theory to practice by planning, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning experiences;
3 Reflect critically and creatively on teaching practices, drawing on classroom experiences of student learning.
4 Analyse policy documents and procedures with which teachers need to comply, including child protection legislation, teacher duty-of-care and code of conduct obligations;
5 Identify ways in which cohort data on school based assessment can be understood and reported;
6 Use school based assessment data to evaluate and improve professional practice, including improving student learning outcomes.

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

  1. Identify and apply relevant national and international research that underpins effective teaching;
    • GA1:
  2. Link theory to practice by planning, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning experiences;
    • GA4:
  3. Reflect critically and creatively on teaching practices, drawing on classroom experiences of student learning.
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  4. 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:
  5. Identify ways in which cohort data on school based assessment can be understood and reported;
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  6. Use school based assessment data to evaluate and improve professional practice, including improving student learning outcomes.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.