Ready to Teach Early Childhood: Practicum 5E
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- On-campus: 24 hours Face to face plus 20 days placement Swinburne online: Fully online plus 20 days placement
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
Higher Ed. Semester 2 | ||
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Swinburne Online
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Prerequisites
AND
EDU30003 Curriculum, Planning and Assessment for Infants: Practicum 3E
EDU30063 or EDU30010 Teaching English
AND
EDU30009 Mathematics in the Primary Classroom.
Corequisites
Nil
Aims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Assess children’s learning in collaboration with families and children in a variety of ways that lead to a deep and broad basis for planning relevant national and/ or state or territory curriculum that supports further learning [APST 1 – 5].
2. Design, implement and evaluate curriculum that builds on identified long- and short-term, group and individual goals [APST 1 – 5].
3. Investigate and evaluate a range of strategies to encourage children to become confident and involved learners, including developing critical skills of analysis, reasoning, problem-solving and decision-making [APST 1 – 5].
4. Develop teaching strategies that respond to and build on children’s strengths and that take account of diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds [APST 1 – 5].
5. Create rich learning environments inside and outside [APST 1 – 5].
6. Demonstrate teaching performance, responsibility for the curriculum and professional readiness at an appropriate standard for a graduate teacher [APST1-7].
Courses with unit
BA-EDUEC Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)BA-EDUEC2 Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
DP-EDU Diploma of Education Studies
AB-EDU Associate Degree of Education
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 300 hours of work including:
Type (On-campus) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Workshop Placement | 3 37.5 | 8 4 | 24 150 |
Online activities | N/A | ||
Specified Learning Activities Reflections on practice Preparation for placement | 6 | 8 | 48 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Readings Folio preparation | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL | 300 hours/ 12.5 credit points |
Type (SOL) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Workshop Placement | N/A 37.5 | 4 | 150 |
Online Contact | N/A | ||
Specified Learning Activities Prescribed readings Online activities | 6 | 12 | 72 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Readings Assignment preparation | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL | 300 hours/ 12.5 credit points |
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 (Teaching Performance Assessment) | Individual | Pass/Fail | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
External accreditation requires that students must achieve a pass grade in both assessments.
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General skills outcomes
● Teamwork Skills
● Analysis Skills
● Problem Solving Skills
● Communication Skills
● Ability to work independently
Content
• Health and safety considerations.
• Diversity, difference and inclusion.
• Designing learning environments.
• Organising the curriculum (including routines, transitions, timing, choices).
• Documenting planning decisions.
• Assessing children’s learning.
• Transition to school.
• Inquiry-based and problem-solving approaches.
• Diversity and individual differences.
• Maintaining safe and challenging learning environments.
• Tools and practices for assessing, recording and reporting on children’s learning.
• The use of ICT to communicate and to plan, implement and evaluate curriculum.
• Code of ethics.
• Graduate early childhood teacher standards.
• Advocacy.
Study resources
- Reading materials.