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Secondary Professional Experience 1: Planning
Undergraduate | CUR-EDS202 | 2018
A 2-week professional placement to enable you to apply your knowledge and gain insights into the complexity of a teacher's role. Evaluate the way practising teachers plan learning experiences and employ pedagogical strategies to engage learners.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Secondary Professional Experience 1: Planning
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- construct lesson plans with challenging learning goals, a range of teaching strategies, and diverse resources, including digital technologies, that reflect an understanding of how students learn
- apply and evaluate effective planning techniques and a range of teaching strategies, acknowledging the needs of students from diverse backgrounds, in a major secondary teaching area
- use effective communication skills and maintain student safety in secondary school settings
- observe a practising teacher and analyse their approach to planning of learning experiences, and their use of pedagogical and formative assessment strategies to engage students and monitor their learning.
- Teachers professional practice
- The teaching and learning cycle
- Curriculum development and levels of planning
- Lesson Planning - Part A
- Lesson Planning - Part B
- Pedagogical practices
- Teaching and learning strategies
- Catering for all students
- Reflective practices
- Responsive practices
- Assessment, evaluating and reporting
- Building positive relationships and classroom management
- Reflection and review
This is the first in the suite of professional experience placement subjects. The subject explores what it means to be an effective teacher. It focuses on lesson planning, including selecting objectives and appropriate teaching, learning and formative assessment strategies. In addition, it includes the use of appropriate resources and effective communication to support learning. A two-week professional placement will enable students to apply their knowledge and skills gained in the theory component, and gain insights into the complexity of the teacher’s role, aiding their development of a teacher identity. The overall pass requirement for the subject consists of a mark of at least 50% for the theory component and a pass for the professional experience placement.
To view the Practicum Calendar, please see below:
EDS202 Practicum Calendar 2018 (PDF, 25KB)
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- Placement — Professional experience (Pass/Fail)
- Exercises (60%)
- Report — Observations (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
Others
Note: Level 2 subjects normally assume an introductory level of prior knowledge in this area, e.g. from studying related Level 1 subjects or other relevant experience.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
Access to Microsoft office, video creation & editing software
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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