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Unit of Study TCHR2012 - Professional Experience II - Secondary (2024)

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  • Enrolment information

    For students in the Bachelor of Education Secondary or Technology Specialisations, TCHR2012 Professional Experience II and TCHR2014 Professional Experience III are linked placements undertaken at the same school and normally within the same academic year. Students MUST provide evidence of compliance for all placement requirements prior to attending professional placement. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/education/education-profession/professional-experience/ Only ONE placement can be completed in a Term unless approval has been granted by the Director of Professional Experience.

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to practise and develop their learning and teaching by being immersed in a Secondary school environment. Before the placement, students undertake an orientation to prepare for the expectations and requirements of the professional environment. During the placement, students record and reflect on their experiences as informed by relevant course content and professional standards and principles. After the placement, students submit a logbook as evidence of their engagement in the professional environment. 

Unit content

Orientation Phase 
  • Professional expectations and requirements 
  • Revisiting professional standards and principles 
  • Revisiting course themes and concepts 
  • Recording experiences 
 
Placement Phase 
  • Observation and application of standards, principles and practices 
 
 

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
Dual Term2
N/A

Learning outcomes

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:

understand and meet the expectations and requirements of a professional environment.

understand, observe and apply standards and principles in a professional environment.

critically record relevant examples of professional practice.

critically and creatively reflect on professional experiences.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.