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Unit Summary
Co-requisites
TCHR2001 - Curriculum Specialisation: English I OR EDUC2019 - Curriculum Specialisation: Human Society and its Environment I OR EDUC2006 - Technology Pedagogy and Curriculum I OR EDUC2003 - Curriculum Specialisation: Mathematics I OR EDUC2002 - Curriculum Specialisation: Personal Development, Health, Physical Education I OR EDUC2012 - English Education: Curriculum and Pedagogy OR EDUC2014 - Mathematics Education: Curriculum and Pedagogy
Unit aim
Provides the foundation for developing competence in students’ teaching skills and strategies by: (i) the study of contemporary theory and practice about effective classroom practice, and (ii) the satisfactory completion of a professional experience placement in schools.
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.
- Orientation: Engaging diverse learners
- Guided Discovery: Explicit teaching
- Exploration: Student focussed practice
- Reflection: Reviewing teaching and learning
- Assessment
Module 2: Policy and Practice
- The learning environment and managing student behaviour
- Establishing a professional identity (Including alignment with the National Professional Standards for Graduate Teachers)
- Preparation for practicum (including Code of Conduct, Anaphylaxis Training, Child Protection and Duty of Care Legislation)
Module 3: Professional Experience
Students will undertake 25 days of professional experience. The first five school visits will be observation.
- Observation
- Planning for teaching
- Lesson implementation
- Assessment
- Reflection on practice
- Meeting requirements
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | identify and apply skills and strategies associated with effective classroom practice |
| 2 | work collaboratively and professionally with peers, tutors and mentors |
| 3 | link theory to practice by planning, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning experiences |
| 4 | construct detailed planning documents including focussed teaching episodes, lesson plans, assessment and evaluation strategies, using the template/s provided on MySCU |
| 5 | reflect upon their growth in professional practice and knowledge through their commitment to and engagement with the unit content and associated school-based activities |
| 6 | analyse policy documents and procedures with which teachers need to comply, including child protection legislation, teacher duty-of-care and code of conduct obligations. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- identify and apply skills and strategies associated with effective classroom practice
- work collaboratively and professionally with peers, tutors and mentors
- link theory to practice by planning, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning experiences
- construct detailed planning documents including focussed teaching episodes, lesson plans, assessment and evaluation strategies, using the template/s provided on MySCU
- reflect upon their growth in professional practice and knowledge through their commitment to and engagement with the unit content and associated school-based activities
- analyse policy documents and procedures with which teachers need to comply, including child protection legislation, teacher duty-of-care and code of conduct obligations.
Prescribed texts
- 2nd or 4th editions are also acceptable.: Churchill, R. et al. , 2016, Teaching: Making a difference, 3rd edn, John Wiley & Sons, Milton, Qld. ISBN: 9781118296233.
- 2nd or 4th editions are also acceptable.: Churchill, R. et al. , 2016, Teaching: Making a difference, 3rd edn, John Wiley & Sons, Milton, Qld. ISBN: 9781118296233.