EPR782 - Building Capacity in Professional Experience
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Previously coded as: | EPR712, EPR722, EPR732, EPR742, EPR752 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in E760, E761, E762, E763, E764, E765, D303 or D304 |
| Prerequisite: | All students: For students in E763, E764, E765, D303 or D304: |
| Corequisite: | For students enrolled in E764 - Co-requisite unit EPM742 or EPL746. For students enrolled in E765 - Co-requisite enrolled in their approved curriculum unit (recommended) or EPM742 or EPL746. For students enrolled in E762, E763, D303 or D304 - Co-requisite, student must also be enrolled in their approved curriculum unit. |
| Incompatible with: | EPR702 |
| 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 | 1 x 3-hour on-campus seminar per non-placement teaching week in non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 6-9 weeks) 1 x 1-hour online pre-professional experience (placement) briefing lecture per trimester (in approx. week 1) |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week in non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 6-9 weeks) (recordings provided) 1 x 1-hour online pre-professional experience (placement) briefing per trimester (in approx. week 1) 2 x 1-hour online seminar (assessment briefing) per trimester (approx. 2 weeks) |
| In-person attendance requirements | Pre-service Teachers - 25-days on-site professional experience (placement) per trimester in one of the following settings:
Students in E764 - require an additional 10-days on-site professional experience (placement) per trimester in an Early Childhood education setting ages birth to two years. (placement must be undertaken during the trimester break) Note: Students who are completing professional experience (placements) are not required to attend lectures or scheduled synchronous sessions during the professional experience (placement). Placement days are full days of attendance from approximately 8.30am–4.00pm. This unit is subject to enrolment cut off dates that differ to the university. For the most up-to-date advice regarding your professional experience (placement), policies and calendars please refer to the Professional Experience Office website |
| Note: | This unit has an indicative number of professional experience placement days. For the most up-to-date advice regarding your placement please see here. |
Content
This unit focuses on working effectively with learners, both in small groups and whole groups, with specific acknowledgement and understanding of their context for learning. Preservice Teachers will research and plan learning experiences, focusing on creating a sequence of learning for a specific cohort of diverse learners. They will critically reflect on and analyse teaching practice working from the position of a practitioner researcher. They are expected to use effective and ethical communication practices in learning contexts and ensure safe, supportive and challenging inclusive learning-friendly environments as they build their capacities in planning for learning and successfully guiding learners and managing learning environments.
Preservice Teachers will review and analyse the effectiveness of their planning and pedagogy including demonstrating the ethical and effective use of learning tools, data/evidence and teaching strategies. Discussions with peers, colleagues, supervisors and Deakin staff will be used to critically reflect on and improve the effectiveness of planned and enacted teaching as a result of considered engagement with and implementation of a range of learning assessment tasks. Preservice Teachers will be expected to articulate an informed emergent professional position through discussions with colleagues, peers, parents and mentors about their teaching and learning decisions. Preservice Teachers will plan according to the appropriate focus of the learner group in the placement context but with specific lens on literacy though inquiry learning, disciplinary literacies, multi-literacies and literacy across the curriculum.
Hurdle requirement
Satisfactory completion of the Professional Experience component in this unit is compulsory in order to fulfil the course requirements and to be eligible to apply for professional registration.
Unit Fee Information
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current Students website.
Commonwealth Prac Payment
From 1 July 2025, the Australian Government is intending to introduce the Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) to assist eligible students with costs related to mandatory placements in higher education courses for teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work.