EEB104 Teacher as Learner (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Early Childhood Studies (ECHIL)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject assists students to examine their identity as beginning pre-service teachers and as novice scholars of teaching and education. Students will be exposed to a range of philosophical, political and theoretical positions on education and pedagogy as well as current educational practice. Students will be encouraged to reflect critically on these positions and practices and develop their own position with respect to educational belief and practice through the establishment and development of a learning contract and e-portfolio. Students will examine how culture and community affect identity for teachers. Visits to educational settings form part of this subject.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
| Internal | Bathurst |
| Internal | Dubbo |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EEB104
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
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- have examined their developing role as a novice member of the teaching profession;
- have begun describing their journey towards membership of the profession through the establishment and initial development of a learning contract and e-portfolio;
- have developed a provisional set of goals for their professional development over the current year and beyond through consultation and collaboration with their subject tutor;
- understand that becoming a teacher involves not only physical but intellectual transition from the position of student to a position of teacher and scholar of learning and teaching;
- have begun to articulate their own philosophical alignments and beliefs with regard to education of children in modern society;
- be developing the skills of critical reflection on their own and others' professional practice with a view to articulating a rational discourse around their own and others' personal and professional development;
- have begun to understand links between educational practice, children's issues, and the social and educational concerns of families.
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Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- Transition to professional education in university
- Defining, negotiating and refining a personal contract of learning for the course
- Planning for, and establishment of, a professional e-portfolio
- Understanding your identity in a teacher education program
- Reflective Practice
- Communities and practice: knowing how and knowing why
- Lifelong learning: planning, goal-setting for a career as an educator
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.