This subject requires you to do a practical placement, please see Additional Requirements for more information.
Transition to the Teaching Profession
UndergraduateCUR-EDC4212018
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A final unit 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.
Enrolments for this course are closed, but you may have other options to start studying now. Book a consultation to learn more.
- Study method
- Online & on-campus
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Transition to the Teaching Profession
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- demonstrate professional knowledge that reflects an understanding of student learning, content knowledge and pedagogy
- demonstrate professional practice that reflects planning and implementation of positive, effective teaching, learning, assessment, provision of feedback, and reporting
- demonstrate professional practice that creates and maintains a positive, safe, supportive learning environment for all
- demonstrate an understanding of the importance of continued professional learning and positive relationships with colleagues, parents, carers and the wider commsubjecty
- demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the responsibilities that comprise the role of the teacher / educator, including maintaining a positive identity and professional resilience.
- Internship in School
All core and elective subjects must be completed before students can enrol in their final subject, EDC421 Transition to the Teaching Profession. Students will need to contact hum-ed-ouaprac@curtin.edu.au requesting permission to enrol in EDC421 Transition to the Teaching Profession. Once we have confirmation that the student has satisfied the above requirements, then the restriction will be lifted.
This final subject will allow students to demonstrate their attainment of skills, knowledge and attributes as a professional. During a sustained a one full school term, conducted in a full-time continuous block professional experience students will plan and maintain a supportive learning environment, and implement and assess a sustained teaching program in an early childhood or primary classroom. They will demonstrate they are able to meet the needs of all children by taking into account the need to plan for and teach children with diverse cultural backgrounds, abilities and needs.
To view the Practicum Calendar, please see below:
EDC421 Practicum Calendar 2018 (PDF, 59KB)
*** Due to the placement in this subject, if you are claiming a Centrelink study benefit while studying EDC421 please contact an OUA Student Advisor on 1300 363 652. ***
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- Prof Placement (Pass/Fail)
- Final Teaching Report (100%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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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:
one of
CUR-EDP417 (Not currently available)
- CUR-EDC471-Professional Learning and Development in Education
and one of
CUR-EDC415-Curriculum Integration and Differentiation (no longer available)
CUR-EDP410 (Not currently available)
and one of
CUR-EDE401 (Not currently available)
CUR-EDE492-Leadership in Early Childhood Education (no longer available)
CUR-EDP440 (Not currently available)
- CUR-EDP443-Pedagogies and Planning for Mathematics
To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:
one of
CUR-EDE411-Social Justice and Diversity in Early Childhood (no longer available)
CUR-EDE302 (Not currently available)
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-EDP425 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
- Placement requirements - Includes 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.