EPT328 Professional Experience 4 Extended Placement: Early Childhood and Primary (8)
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This subject provides students in their final year of the course the opportunity to demonstrate their self-sufficiency and independence as critically reflective professional teachers of children from birth – 12 years of age. Students will undertake two 5-week blocks of professional experience across this continuum of educational setting. They will participate in learning experiences that require them to observe and interact with children, design learning tasks, assess, evaluate and reflect on their teaching and the contribution of this experience to their professional growth. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 2 | | On Campus | Albury-Wodonga Campus | | On Campus | Bathurst Campus | | On Campus | Dubbo Campus | | On Campus | Wagga Wagga Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EPT328
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | SY/US | School of Education |
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| Prerequisite(s) | Incompatible subject(s) |
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| EPT221 and EMA117 and EMA210 and EMH205 and EML106 and EPT127 and EML306 and EML447 and EMM106 and EMR207 and EMS207 and EMM209 | EPT424 |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to use diagnostic, formative and summative assessment to inform teaching and learning design in the primary classroom and to provide feedback to students and relevant staff to improve learning outcomes;
- be able to evaluate learning plans through authentic annotations and amendments to plans following the implementation of each learning experience;
- be able to build professional relationships with children and interpersonal engagement with professional stakeholders within the learning context;
- be able to develop a situational analysis of both the Early Childhood and Primary School contexts, including descriptive observations and analysis of children, staff and the environment to inform practice and learning design;
- be able to reflect on their professional development through the implementation on a mini Action Research project in each context (Birth-5 and K-6).
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Understanding children's learning needs
- Assessment for learning
- Planning effective pedagogy
- Managing a diverse learning environment
- Communicating with stakeholders
- Reflection and evaluation for improved learning
- Mini Action Research Project
- Planning an Interdisciplinary Unit of Learning
- K- 6 Extended professional experience
- Planning a Learning Centre using a Transdisciplinary Approach
- Planning a Learning Centre using a Transdisciplinary Approach
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Work Place Learning| This subject contains a Compulsory Workplace Learning component of 50 days duration.
Students will undertake two 5-week blocks of mentored professional experience. One will be in a 0-5 setting (25 days) and one in a K-6 school setting (25 days) during terms 1 and 2 of the school year.
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The information contained in the 2017 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 25 August 2017. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
