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Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to build on knowledge and skills developed in Professional Experience I through further classroom teaching experience as well as through the development of an understanding of what it means to be an effective and competent teacher. The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) underpin this unit. Students will apply the APSTs to their own classroom practice.

Unit content

Module 1: Planning

  • Introduction to the unit
  • Planning using data
  • Consideration for diverse learners
  • Planning with consideration for the Curriculum and the Cross Curricula Priorities and General Capabilities

Module 2: Teaching

  • Differentiation
  • Teaching strategies

Module 3: Assessment

  • Visible Learning
  • Designing diagnostic, formative and summative assessment

Module 4: Professional Experience

  • Planning and preparing for professional experience.

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.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1identify relevant research that underpins models of effective teaching
2plan and implement lessons using the NSW Quality Teaching Framework
3develop learning experiences and, in consultation with a mentor teacher, classroom policies that promote intellectual quality, the significance of the learning and the quality of the learning environment
4develop lesson plans across the key learning areas suitable to the diversity of the students in the classroom
5create materials suitable for supporting teaching and professional development
6work towards creating a safe and supportive learning environment having regard to child protection legislation, workplace health and safety, and duty of care
7reflect critically and creatively on teaching practices, drawing on classroom experiences of student learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify relevant research that underpins models of effective teaching
  2. plan and implement lessons using the NSW Quality Teaching Framework
  3. develop learning experiences and, in consultation with a mentor teacher, classroom policies that promote intellectual quality, the significance of the learning and the quality of the learning environment
  4. develop lesson plans across the key learning areas suitable to the diversity of the students in the classroom
  5. create materials suitable for supporting teaching and professional development
  6. work towards creating a safe and supportive learning environment having regard to child protection legislation, workplace health and safety, and duty of care
  7. reflect critically and creatively on teaching practices, drawing on classroom experiences of student learning.

Teaching and assessment

Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every teaching period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Southern Cross University employs different teaching methods within units to provide students with the flexibility to choose the mode of learning that best suits them. SCU academics strive to use the latest approaches and, as a result, the learning modes and materials may change. The most current information regarding a unit will be provided to enrolled students at the beginning of the teaching period.

Fee information

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