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EPE510 - Education in Context: Preparation for Practice and Assessment

2022

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Education

Unit Description

This postgraduate unit integrates pre-service teachers' discipline knowledge with pedagogical practices relevant to early childhood and/or stages of schooling. The unit focuses on aspects of reviewing learning theories, literature and assessment practices to inform quality pedagogical practices. Pre-service teachers will investigate and apply a range of professional teaching standards throughout this unit. This unit requires successful completion of two components. The first is up to seven weeks of in-depth study of learning theories, literature and quality pedagogical approaches. The second component consists of 10 days of professional experience in a relevant educational setting. Pre-service teachers will undertake specific assessable activities, including personal reflection, planning and teaching that align to the theoretical focus provided.

In-school experience

10 days of professional experience including a 2 week block (Monday to Friday) including five learning experiences planned and taught.
As placement settings are mostly Australian based, students enrolled in this unit must provide a current police check/working with children card to the educational setting and CDU Professional Experience Office prior to the commencement of the professional experience.
It is recommended that students considering enrolling in this unit view additional information about placement dates, professional experience recommendations, and requirements and guidelines paperwork available via the InSchool website.

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Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Reflect critically on and demonstrate improvements to their professional knowledge and skills.
2.	Critically evaluate their ethics of teaching and the role of the teacher in facilitating rich and authentic learning experiences.
3.	Design and appraise a series of lessons and curriculum planning documentation including justified assessment of/for/as student learning.
4.	Critically apply constructive feedback from mentors and colleagues to improve teaching and learning practices.
5.	Apply appropriate assessment strategies including moderation procedures to provide timely and appropriate feedback to students and relevant stakeholders.
6.	Apply the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate) to evaluate collected evidence of and reflections on their own practices.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Essay (3,500 words)	50%	1,2,5,6
2.	Professional experience planning, teaching and report (2500 words or equivalent)	50%	1,2,3,4,5,6

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method
2022	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR
2022	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR
2022	Semester 2	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR
2022	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR

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