Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Online | N/A |
Unit Summary
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
be enrolled or already completed: EDUC6015 - Curriculum Specialisation: Visual Arts II OR TCHR3002 - Curriculum Specialisation: English II OR EDUC3004 - Curriculum Specialisation: Science II OR EDUC3019 - Curriculum Specialisation: Human Society and its Environment II OR EDUC3020 - Technology Pedagogy and Curriculum II OR EDUC6014 - Curriculum Specialisation - Music II OR EDUC3003 - Curriculum Specialisation: Mathematics II OR EDUC3005 - Curriculum Specialisation: Personal Development, Health, Physical Education II (Lifestyle)
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: | |
|---|---|
| 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:
- Identify and apply relevant national and international research that underpins effective teaching;
- Link theory to practice by planning, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning experiences;
- Reflect critically and creatively on teaching practices, drawing on classroom experiences of student learning.
- Analyse policy documents and procedures with which teachers need to comply, including child protection legislation, teacher duty-of-care and code of conduct obligations;
- Identify ways in which cohort data on school based assessment can be understood and reported;
- Use school based assessment data to evaluate and improve professional practice, including improving student learning outcomes.
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.