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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Advanced

Former School/College

Former School of Education

Pre-requisites

(TCH10136 - Pedagogy in Practice III: Differentiation OR TCH10521 - Education and Care I: Preschoolers) AND 264 Credit Points in any SCU units AND EDU00402 - English Education II: Curriculum and Pedagogy AND EDU00405 - Mathematics Education II: Curriculum and Pedagogy

Co-requisites

(EDU10131 - Transition to Teaching OR be admitted to course: 3007190 - Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)) AND EDU10132 - Curriculum and Programming

Unit aim

Provides an opportunity to choose a pathway into the profession of teaching by: (i) the study of contemporary research and practice in the context of teaching selected and (ii) the satisfactory completion of the practicum including planning and observation days and a block period.

Unit content

1. What does it mean to be a professional? 
2. What does it mean to be a quality practitioner? 
3. Professional learning: Personal and targeted 
4. Contributing to a community of learners 
5. Curriculum design for specific contexts 
6. Planning, teaching and evaluating: Context specific 
7. The practicum experience

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.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 identify a pathway that they are most likely to follow into the profession as they transition from undergraduate to teacher
2 consider the essential components of curriculum relating specifically to their chosen pathway that support the engagement and active participation of learners
3 plan, implement and evaluate a teaching program, complemented by a daybook, for the duration of their professional experience
4 show evidence of critical reflection on their pedagogy during their in-school teaching experience
5 develop their professional knowledge and practice through theory and informed practice in the context of their selected pathway
6 expand on their professional portfolio to include key information about the pathway they have selected including support services and contacts within this area and; commit to their ongoing professional learning through the consideration of the opportunities that exist for them as graduates and in consideration of the requirements of accreditation bodies
7 demonstrate their ethical understanding of issues related to their transition from pre- to in-service teacher in their chosen context and; engage in professional dialogue with other professionals about the issues, challenges and possibilities of teaching within a given context.

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

  1. identify a pathway that they are most likely to follow into the profession as they transition from undergraduate to teacher
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. consider the essential components of curriculum relating specifically to their chosen pathway that support the engagement and active participation of learners
    • GA4:
  3. plan, implement and evaluate a teaching program, complemented by a daybook, for the duration of their professional experience
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  4. show evidence of critical reflection on their pedagogy during their in-school teaching experience
    • GA5:
  5. develop their professional knowledge and practice through theory and informed practice in the context of their selected pathway
    • GA5:
  6. expand on their professional portfolio to include key information about the pathway they have selected including support services and contacts within this area and; commit to their ongoing professional learning through the consideration of the opportunities that exist for them as graduates and in consideration of the requirements of accreditation bodies
    • GA5:
  7. demonstrate their ethical understanding of issues related to their transition from pre- to in-service teacher in their chosen context and; engage in professional dialogue with other professionals about the issues, challenges and possibilities of teaching within a given context.
    • GA4:
    • GA5:

Prescribed texts

  • This is a custom text: Millwater, J, 2013, Stepping Out Into the Real World of Teaching, 1st edn, Pearson, Frenchs Forest, NSW. ISBN: 9781442584013.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.