EPT426 Middle Schooling Professional Experience (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Professional Studies (PROFL)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Pre-service teachers will participate in a thirty (30) day professional experience. During this placement pre-service teachers will be provided with fifteen (15) days of professional experience in a primary school setting, and fifteen (15) days in a secondary-school setting. Pre-service teachers will, in collaboration with their associate teachers plan, teach and assess a variety of curriculum areas as appropriate. This experience will provide pre-service teachers with an opportunity to reflect on the work of primary and secondary-school educators. This experience will contribute to the students' professional development as a teacher.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 3 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EPT426
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Prerequisite(s):
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Participate in a professional experience placement outside the local area to the University;
- Identify the cultural and language demands and biases of classroom resources and modify and use them appropriately;
- Display awareness of current models of teaching and learning for a range of learners across a range of stages;
- Reflect on cultural assumptions in teaching and schooling practices and identify implications for improving teaching and learning;
- Engage in critical enquiry and dialogue about curriculum and teaching practices;
- Utilise models drawn from primary and secondary curriculum frameworks for lesson planning;
- Work with peers on a group project;
- Use information and communication technology to enhance student learning;
- Demonstrate effective teaching and learning strategies for teaching second language learners in the context of the mainstream classroom and the range of key learning areas; and,
- Engage with parents and care givers including Aboriginal families and communities and parents of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- Review personal and professional attributes required of quality teachers - Negotiation and communication skills - Critical self-reflection and ongoing professional development.
Workplace Learning
This subject contains a Workplace Learning component. Please contact the subject coordinator for further information.
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.