Unit details
EPP102 - Learning-Teaching Communities
| Offered at: | (B, G) |
|---|---|
| Offerings: | Trimester 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in course E377, D347 or D351 |
| Unit chair: | A Skourdoumbis |
| Campus contact: | S Webster (B), L Mathews (G) |
| Prerequisite: | EPP101 |
| Contact hours: | 3 hour sessions on campus. Professional Experience: 5 days |
| Note: This unit includes 6 days in a secondary school negotiated between August - September. Dates TBC. | |
Content
The contact hours for this unit are interspersed throughout the trimester to accommodate in-depth and contextualised discussion of professional experience. This unit includes 5 days professional experience.
During these days the preservice teacher will:
- observe, identify and record demonstrated features of a safe, inclusive, engaging and challenging learning environments.
- collect and analyse policy documents relating to inclusivity
- attend meetings, yard duty, school activities and any opportunities for engagement with the broader school community.
- supervise the work of small groups of students and work with individuals.
- keep a journal (electronic and/or hardcopy) in which evidence of their planning, observations, collected documents, participation in school activities and reflections are kept.
- undertake an orientation to the school environments
- conduct and record observations of class, teacher and school routines
- observe and analyse the nature of learning and teaching in a number of classrooms across a number of schools
- Pre-service teachers will be expected to share their journal with their supervising teachers and appropriate University teaching staff.
Assessment
Assessment Task 1: Analysis of School Space (1800 words; 50%)
Assessment Task 2: Collaborative Research Task (1800 words; 50%)
Assessing the Professional experience
This component is assessed primarily by the supervising classroom teacher in consultations with the preservice teacher.
Satisfactory completion of the Professional Experience component is compulsory in order for the student to pass this unit.
Unit Fee Information
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