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Unit of Study TCHR5008 - Professional Experience II - Secondary (2025)

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  • Enrolment information

    Students MUST complete a Secondary Curriculum and Pedagogy I unit for their chosen Secondary Subject Teaching area prior to enrolling this unit. Students MUST provide evidence of compliance and health protection 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 teaching and learning in a Secondary school environment. Before the placement, students attend a one-day orientation to prepare for the expectations and requirements of the professional environment. During the placement, students record and reflect on their teaching and learning experiences as informed by relevant course content and professional standards and principles. After the placement, students submit a professional experience report as evidence of their competence in engaging with 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 
  • Planning and delivery of learning experiences
  • Reflection on practice
     

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Location Domestic International
Online
Dual Term2,3
Dual Term2,3

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.

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