Introduction to Curriculum Planning and Assessment: Practicum 1
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 24 hours Face to Face + Blended + Swinburne Online
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 1 |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 2 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 |
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Aims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
2. Define a range of intentional teaching practices-including monitoring, planning and recording- that engage children in learning appropriate to their interests, abilities and needs
3. Plan and implement a variety of learning experiences, demonstrating the ability to articulate and evaluate aims, objectives, procedures and outcomes
4. Demonstrate skills in creating rich and engaging learning environments
5. Interact and communicate effectively with young children with the main aims of building and strengthening relationships and supporting learning
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
On campus
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Lecture | 1 | 12 | 12 |
On Campus Class | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Placement, 20 days of placement for all early childhood students | 37.5 | 4 | 150 |
Specified Activities Prescribed readings, online activities | 4 | 12 | 48 |
Unspecified Activities Independent study, readings, assignment preparation | 5.5 | 12 | 66 |
TOTAL |
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| 300 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Placement, 20 days of placement for all early childhood students | 37.5 | 2 | 150 |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning |
12.5 |
12 |
150 |
TOTAL |
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| 300 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Professional Experience Report | Individual (Hurdle task) | Pass/fail | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Professional Experience Portfolio | Individual (Hurdle task) | Pass/fail | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
To pass this unit, students must achieve a pass grade in both assessments. This is an external accreditation requirement.
Content
- Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate) Standards 1-7
- Code of Ethics
- How children learn in the early years
- Teaching with intention
- Expectations for young children
- Self-assessment of teaching
- Learning experiences
- Promoting confidence and engagement in learning
- Adapting teaching methods to the young children’s skills, knowledge and interests
- Demonstrating an awareness of children’s interest contemporary technologies
- Recognising individual difference and supporting learning accordingly
- Engaging collaboratively with colleagues and contributing to reflective practice
- Planning for and assessing children’s learning in the early years
- Creating and maintaining safe, healthy and challenging early years learning environments
- Using relevant documents to plan, implement and evaluate learning experiences
- Intervening effectively to encourage appropriate behaviour and deal with inappropriate behaviour
- Relevant national and/or state or territory curriculum and framework documents
- Family partnerships-strategies for communication with families
- Links between theory, research and practice
Study resources
- Reading materials.