EPR785 - Reflecting On Practice in Professional Experience
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
2025 is the final offering of this unit |
| Credit point(s): | 2 |
| Previously coded as: | EPR715, EPR725, EPR735, EPR745, EPR755 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in D303, D304, E761, E762, E763, E764, E765 |
| Prerequisite: | Students enrolled in; E761 must have passed 8 units in total. Including: EPR712 or EPR782, plus EPR714 and one from ECE703, ECE704, ECE705. E762 (extended curriculum specialisation pathway) must have passed 8 units in total. Including: EPR724 or EPR784. E762 (internship specialisation pathway) must have passed 8 units in total. Including: EPR722 or EPR782. *Internship students need to apply to the Course Director for a waiver of total number of units required and EPR754 or EPR784. E763, D303, D304 must have passed 8 units in total. Including: EPR732 or EPR782 and 2 units from your Secondary Curriculum study methods. *E763 Internship students need to apply to the Course Director for a waiver of total number of units required. E764 must have passed 12 units in total. Including: EPR744 or EPR784. E765 must have passed 9 units in total. Including: EPR754 or EPR784 and |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | EPR713, EPR723, EPR733, EPR743, EPR753 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 300-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 week in non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 6-9 weeks) 1 x 1-hour online pre-professional experience (briefing) 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) 1 x 1-hour online pre-professional experience (briefing) per trimester (in approx. week 1) |
| In-person attendance requirements | ^Professional Experience
Note: Students who are completing professional experience (placements) are not required to attend lectures or scheduled synchronous sessions during the professional experience (placement). Professional experience (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 is a capstone experience where Preservice Teachers examine teachers’ work and align these practices to the relevant professional standards. Preservice Teachers will independently investigate and critically examine their emergent teacher identity and the role of the teacher in the 21st century in relation to research literature, legal and ethical codes and responsibilities 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 informed and adaptive practice and 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.
* All Preservice Teachers in school-based settings should address the general capabilities in their planning and assessment, specifically literacy and numeracy 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.