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: | S Webster |
| Campus contact: | S Webster (B), L Mathews (G) |
| Prerequisite: | EPP101 |
| Contact hours: | 3 hour sessions on campus. Professional Experience: 5 days |
| Note: For 2012, this includes 5 days in a secondary school negotiated between August 27 – September 7 | |
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
Assignment 1 Part A: In class tests to review unit materials. (20%)
Assignment 1 Part B: Critical discussion of how the teaching and learning in a community can be understood to be both democratic and educative. (1200 words - 30%)
Assignment 2: Critical reflection on teaching experience and justification for personal contribution to democracy and education. (2000 words – 50%)
Unit Fee Information
| Student Contribution Rate* | Student Contribution Rate** | Fee rate - Domestic Students | Fee rate - International students |
| $733 | $587 | $2299 | $2449 |
* Rate for all CSP students, except for those who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
** Rate for CSP students who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.
