Unit description
Provides the foundation for developing competence in students’ teaching skills and strategies by: examining contemporary theory and practice about effective classroom practice; completing satisfactorily a professional experience placement in schools; and examining the important role of school based assessment data in improving student learning outcomes.
Unit content
Module 1: Skills and Strategies for Teaching
Introduces students to the Orientation, Guided Discovery, Exploration and Reflection (OGER) framework. The framework provides a structure that allows for a deeper understanding of planning and an overview of the micro skills for teaching. Assessment as a way to address the learning intentions of lessons will also be addressed.
Module 2: Using Assessment Data to Improve Student Learning
- reading and interpreting assessment data for effective teaching and quality learning, with a particular focus on data related to literacy and numeracy
- investigating and applying national, state and school based assessment processes, data collection and analysis to improve student learning outcomes
- the importance of keeping accurate and reliable records – the role of ICTs
Module 3: Professional Experience
Students will undertake 20 days of professional experience . The first five weekly school visits will be a combination of observation, teaching, and activities required in Assignment 2.
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify and apply relevant national and international research that underpins effective teaching; | Intellectual rigour | ||||||
| 2 | Link theory to practice by planning, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning experiences; | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 3 | Reflect critically and creatively on teaching practices, drawing on classroom experiences of student learning. | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 4 | Analyse policy documents and procedures with which teachers need to comply, including child protection legislation, teacher duty-of-care and code of conduct obligations; | Ethical practice | ||||||
| 5 | Identify ways in which cohort data on school based assessment can be understood and reported; | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 6 | Use school based assessment data to evaluate and improve professional practice, including improving student learning outcomes. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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