Ready to Teach Primary: Practicum 4E
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
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2023 teaching periods
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Corequisites
NilAims and objectives
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Courses with unit
BA-EDUEC/EDUEC2 Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Lecture | 1 | 12 | 12 |
On-campus Class | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Placement | 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 | 300 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Placement | 37.5 | 4 | 150 |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning (Prescribed readings, Online activities, Independent study, Assignment preparation, Readings) | 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, 7 |
Professional Experience Portfolio | Individual | Pass/fail | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Pass/Fail Tasks: External accreditation requires that students must achieve a pass grade in both assessments.
Content
- Australian Professional Standards for Teachers 1-7 (Graduate)
- Transition to school
- Self-assessment of teaching performance
- Children’s cognitive, social and emotional development
- Guiding children’s behaviour individually and in group situations
- Adapting teaching and curriculum content to children’s abilities, knowledge, skills and interests
- Collaborative approaches with children, colleagues and families
- Planning, assessing and evaluating for effective teaching and learning
- Creating and maintaining safe, healthy and challenging learning environments
- Using relevant curriculum documents to design learning experiences
- Organisational policies and practices in primary school including professional codes
- Completing the GTPA Preparation Assessment
- Completing the GTPA Portfolio Assessment
Study resources
- Reading materials.