ETP405 - Primary Specialisation Pathway: Pedagogical Content Knowledge
| Year: | 2026 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Community Based Delivery (CBD)*, Online From 2028: |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | Nil |
| Prerequisite: | E359.6 students: One of HBS110, ALL230, ALL260, SIT106, SIT190, SIT176, SIT103, ESM215, MAF101 or SLE123 or Completion of Languages Diploma E359.7 students: ETP305 and one of ALL153, SLE103, SIT190, IND101, HBS107 or IND102 |
| Incompatible with: | ECL351, EEH302, EES300, ESM303, ETL710 |
| Study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the trimester 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 1-hour online lecture per week 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week
NIKERI (CBD): |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week |
| Note: | * Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus)
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Content
This unit equips pre-service teachers with expert pedagogical content knowledge their chosen primary specialisation area of the Australian Curriculum (Foundation to Year 6). Students will be guided in their own investigation of effective teaching strategies and curriculum implementation within their chosen primary specialisation. A key focus is on developing interdisciplinary lesson sequences that integrate their specialisation with other learning areas. In addition, students will explore how the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority can be meaningfully embedded within lesson sequences and apply ICT-based teaching strategies to enhance curriculum learning opportunities. Additionally, they will develop professional skills in identifying relevant sources of professional learning to support ongoing expertise in their chosen specialisation. Through a combination of critical reflection, collaborative planning, and practical application, students will design engaging, culturally responsive, and interdisciplinary learning experiences. The unit prepares them to be adaptive, reflective educators capable of implementing high-quality and specialised, discipline-specific teaching in diverse primary classrooms.
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.
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