Unit Catalogue

This practicum unit offers pre-service teachers (in Primary and Early Childhood and Primary Streams) an opportunity to integrate discipline-specific knowledge with quality pedagogical practice in primary school settings. The focus of this unit is to consolidate expertise aligning prevailing curricula requirements with specialist, pedagogical content knowledge.


The unit should be undertaken either concurrent with, or following the successful completion of one of the following specialist elective units:

• ELA522:Primary Specialisation: Languages Other Than English


• ELA515 Primary Specialisation: English and Literature


• EMA522 Primary Specialisation: Mathematics


• ESC522 Primary Specialisation: Science and Technology


• EST533 Primary Specialisation: Special Education, Language and Literacy

• 10 days of professional experience including a 1 week block (Monday to Friday) of continuous teaching full time and sequenced planning and teaching.


• 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.