EPR713 - Reflecting On Practice in Professional Experience
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2 2024 will be the final offering of this unit Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | EPR712, EPR702 or EPR782 |
| Corequisite: | EEE753 and students must be enrolled in course E761 |
| Incompatible with: | EPR723, EPR733, EPR743, EPR753 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | This unit is based on a Blended Learning delivery approach. You are expected to participate in all learning experiences designed and scheduled for you on campus (seminars, lectures or incursions) or other learning contexts (excursions) and engage in associated online learning resources along with independent study for a combined equivalent engagement of 8-10 hours per week. This will include equivalent of 3-hours per non-placement week of structured on campus learning activities or equivalent hours in intensive delivery |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | This unit shares the Blended Delivery modules and resources with on campus students. Time engaging in learning activities is expected to total a combined equivalent of 8-10 hours per week. This includes engagement with materials, responses to tasks, regular forum posting and responding to others, scheduled synchronous online discussions and independent study. Your expected participation in scheduled synchronous discussions is a minimum of 3-hours per trimester |
| In-person attendance requirements | ^Professional Experience Pre-service Teachers will also be required to attend 35-days* of professional experience in an Early Years context.
Please note that ALL Professional Experience days must be successfully completed to pass this unit. *Professional Experience Days are indicative only and subject to change. Pre-service Teachers are advised to check the most current Professional Experience Calendars for specific details and dates Additional for placement units: During Professional Experience (placements), students are frequently required to undertake planning and preparation outside of the full-time teaching day. Trimester 2 enrolments for this unit close on 15 November For the most up-to-date advice regarding your professional experience (placement) please see here. |
Content
This unit is a capstone experience where Preservice Teachers examine teachers’ work and align these practices to the relevant professional standards. Using the skills of inquiry required by a teacher-researcher−to gather evidence, document, analyse and reflect on practice Preservice Teachers will independently investigate and examine the role of the teacher and professional standards in early years /primary/secondary contexts.
Preservice Teachers will select key teaching, learning and assessment artefacts* and build their professional portfolio to evidence impact on learning with a focus on assessment. The unit requires critical reflection in and on the professional practice of teaching through critical engagement in teacher-research, professional learning and communication with members of the profession and the wider school community and/or early years setting.
Hurdle requirement
Professional experience is a requirement of the Victorian Institution of Teaching for the preparation of teachers. In this unit you will complete 35 days of the required 70 days for the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood). Satisfactory completion of the professional experience is required in order to pass this unit.
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