EPR723 - 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
Enrolments close on 15 May^

Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

Completion of 8 Core Units including;
EPL746, EPM742, EPO701, EPS735, EEE751, EEE752, EPR721 & EPR722

Corequisite:

ECP711, ECP712 and EEE753 and students must also be enrolled in course E762

Incompatible with:

EPR713, 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 - 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 25-days* of professional experience in a Primary School 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

This unit is subject to enrolment cut off dates that differ to the university. 

  • Trimester 1 enrolments for this unit close on 15 February
  • Trimester 2 enrolments for this unit close on 15 May.

For the most up-to-date advice regarding your 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.

*Note Primary (E762) Preservice Teachers will focus specifically on English and Mathematics content areas (sequence of 4-5 learning experiences in each area) or integration of English and Mathematics across the curriculum (unit of inquiry - 8 lesson sequence - with substantive English and Mathematics content and assessment).  All Preservice Teachers should address the general capabilities in their planning and assessment, specifically literacy and numeracy across the curriculum.

Hurdle requirement

Professional experience is a requirement of the Victorian Institution of Teaching for the preparation of teachers. In this unit you will complete 25 days of the required 60 days for the Master of Teaching (Primary). Satisfactory completion of the professional experience is required in order to pass this unit.

Unit Fee Information

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