Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Online | Session 2 | N/A |
Unit Summary
Unit type
PG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
EDU01153 - Curriculum Specialisation: Visual Arts I OR TCH10174 - Curriculum Specialisation: English I OR EDU01246 - Curriculum Specialisation: Science I OR TCH10007 - Curriculum Specialisation: Human Society and its Environment I OR EDU10631 - Technology Pedagogy and Curriculum I OR EDU01143 - Curriculum Specialisation - Music I OR EDU01145 - Curriculum Specialisation: Mathematics I OR EDU01021 - Curriculum Specialisation: Personal Development, Health, Physical Education I
Unit aim
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.
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: | 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:
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Identify and apply relevant national and international research that underpins effective teaching;
- GA1:
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Link theory to practice by planning, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning experiences;
- GA4:
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Reflect critically and creatively on teaching practices, drawing on classroom experiences of student learning.
- GA3:
- GA4:
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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:
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Identify ways in which cohort data on school based assessment can be understood and reported;
- GA1:
- GA4:
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Use school based assessment data to evaluate and improve professional practice, including improving student learning outcomes.
- GA1:
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- Churchill et al, 2016, Teaching Making a Difference, 3rd edn, Wiley & Sons, Milton, Qld.