Professional Experience 2
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 150 hours Placement + Blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Prerequisites
Concurrent Prerequisite (can be completed prior or at same time)
Equivalent
EDU80020 Professional Experience 2
EDU80020 Professional Experience 2
Aims and objectives
In this unit, pre-service teachers will undertake a 20-day professional experience in a secondary school setting under the supervision of approved mentors. Pre-service teachers will involve themselves in the life of the school and reflect on their practice and performance supported by their in school mentors and university academic staff. Within this unit pre-service teachers will continue to develop their understanding and competence against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) appropriate to this course stage. In preparation for this professional experience, pre-service teachers will engage with material relating to pedagogy, curriculum, assessment and policies relevant to a secondary school setting.
1. Plan, implement and evaluate learning experiences.
2. Modify learning environments to ensure safety and to facilitate learning.
3. Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills with education professionals, students and families.
4. Critically analyze and reflect upon teaching and learning in relation to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
5. Utilize a range of teaching and assessment strategies and evaluate their effectiveness.
6. Create pedagogical approaches that can be effectively integrated into education programs to support inclusion, cultural identity and the linguistic background of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Plan, implement and evaluate learning experiences.
2. Modify learning environments to ensure safety and to facilitate learning.
3. Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills with education professionals, students and families.
4. Critically analyze and reflect upon teaching and learning in relation to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
5. Utilize a range of teaching and assessment strategies and evaluate their effectiveness.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Placement | 37.5 | 4 | 150 |
Specified Activities Various | 6 | 12 | 72 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL | 300 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Placement | 37.5 | 4 | 150 |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.5 | 12 | 150 |
TOTAL | 300 hours |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Professional Experience Report | Individual | Pass/fail | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Professional Experience Portfolio | Individual | Pass/fail | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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)
- Engagement in a professional experience under the guidance of a professionally qualified mentor teacher
- Curriculum documentation
- Introduction to assessment practices and their relationship to effective learningg
- Lesson and unit planning
- Establishing and maintaining professional relationships with students and other professionals
- Using reflection as a tool for improvement
- Setting goals for teaching and learning
- Modify the learning environment to enhance safety and learning
- Teaching resources including ICT
- Effective communication
- A range of teaching strategies that support students’ learning
- Strategies for supporting students’ learning, well-being and safety, including policy and legislative requirements
- Code of Conduct
- Code of Ethics
- Building on e-Portfolios
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.