Primary Professional Experience 1: Introduction to Classroom Skills

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. meet ethical, legislative, administrative and organisational requirements in school settings.
  2. apply theoretical aspects of teaching and learning to construct learning objectives for students and identify, evaluate and apply a limited repertoire of teaching and learning strategies to learning experiences.
  3. evaluate and apply strategies available to support the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching and identify and minimise issues related to the use of technologies.
  4. apply reflective processes to consider key principles in relevant policies and code of ethics in relation to professional experiences with students and professional others.
  5. demonstrate teacher professional conduct and communication focusing on students and school staff to align with the inherent requirements and professional standards for pre-service teachers.

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• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Curtin University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-BED-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)

Elective

• CUR-FAST-DEG-2026 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

• CUR-EDUC1040-English: The Early Years

and one of

• CUR-EDC190-Professional Teaching Practice 1

• CUR-EDC121-Introducing Language, Literacy and Literature for Educators (no longer available)

• CUR-EDC145-The Numerate Educator
• CUR-EDC181-Communication Skills for Educators

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Others

This subject requires completion of 100 credits in the Bachelor of Education (Primary Education) and successful completion of EDC190 Professional Teaching Practice 1;
OR
Successful completion of 150 credits in the Bachelor of Education (Primary Education) and successful completion of:
• EDC181 Communication Skills for Educators OR
• EDUC1017 The Professional Educator: Developing Teacher Identity OR
• EDC163 The Professional Educator: Developing Teacher Identity OR
• EDUC1002 Learning Theory for Educators
and successful completion of one of the following:
• EDC1AA English: The Early Years OR
• EDUC1023 Introducing Language, Literacy and Literature for Educators OR
• EDC121 Introducing Language, Literacy and Literature for Educators OR
• EDUC1004 Language and Literacy for Teachers OR
• EDC131 Language and Literacy for Teachers
and successful completion of one of the following:
• EDUC1031 The Numerate Educator OR
• EDUC1032 EDC145 The Numerate Educator OR
• EDUC1007 The Numerate Educator OR
• EDC141 The Numerate Educator.
If you have completed EDPR2018 Primary Professional Experience 1: Introduction to Classroom Skills you should not take this subject.

Additional requirements

• Placement requirements - The fieldwork for this subject includes a 10-day professional experience placement in a school. Placements are undertaken on a full-time basis in a continuous block.
• Other requirements - Please note that all relevant, valid working with children checks and clearances must be provided as requested prior to commencement of the placement.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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