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Teaching in the Secondary School

Postgraduate | CUR-MTS500 | 2018

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Know what it means to be an effective secondary teacher. Examine your professional responsibilities, teacher identity, ethics, legislation, and professional growth. Equip yourself to handle diverse teaching contexts.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
-

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Teaching in the Secondary School

About this subject

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

    1. analyse, model and reflect on effective classroom communication strategies; establish a plan for professional learning for continual development of communication skills
    2. employ a range of frameworks to determine personal and professional learning needs to develop plans for professional growth
    3. distinguish key characteristics of effective teachers and explain their ethical, legislative, administrative and organisational responsibilities
    4. research and explain the current Secondary teaching context in relation to the cultural, political and social forces that shape education.

Entry requirements

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

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements -

    Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative, access to video creation and 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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