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This subject requires you to do a practical placement, please see Additional Requirements for more information.

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Professional Experience 4: The Internship

Undergraduate | CUR-EDC450 | 2021

Previously CUR-EDC421

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A final subject to demonstrate your attainment of skills, knowledge and attributes as an early childhood or primary professional. Via a 10-week placement, demonstrate you can plan for and teach children with diverse backgrounds, abilities and needs.

Study method
Online & on-campus
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
13 weeks

HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

Professional Experience 4: The Internship

About this subject

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

    1. demonstrate professional knowledge that reflects an understanding of student learning, content knowledge and pedagogy
    2. plan and implement positive, effective teaching, learning, assessment, moderation, provision of feedback, and reporting strategies that meet professional practice expectations 
    3. create, lead and maintain a positive, safe, supportive learning environment for all students that meets professional practice expectations

    4. demonstrate professional engagement in continued professional learning, improving practice, professional responsibilities, meeting of ethical, legislative, administrative and organisational requirements and positive relationships with colleagues, parents, carers and the wider community

    5. demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the responsibilities that comprise the role of the teacher/educator, including leadership, maintaining a positive identity and professional resilience

    6. generate evidence of teaching capability from the practical elements of the professional experience being undertaken in the school setting, for the purposes of completing the teaching performance assessment

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • CUR-EDC421 (Not currently available)

Others

EDC450 Professional Experience 4: The Internship is the final subject in the degree and is a restricted subject. All core and elective subjects must be completed before students will be allowed to enrol.
https://www.open.edu.au/-/media/subject-advice/2021-curtin-professional-experience-calendar-EDC450


Students will need to contact Curtin at hum-ed-ouaprac@curtin.edu.au requesting permission. Once we have confirmation that the student has satisfied the above requirements, then the restriction will be lifted.

Additional requirements

  • Placement requirements - The fieldwork for this subject is a school-based professional experience placement comprising of one full school term, preceded by five days of school observation. The term placement must be undertaken on a full-time basis in a continuous block. 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

0.5 EFTSL
This is in the range of 36 to 40 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.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.

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