Professional Internship: Primary BEd (EDU378)

Points: 

6

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: AU13-external, SP26-internal, SP26-external
Rockingham: AU13-external, SP26-internal, SP26-external

[see Teaching Periods and Census Dates] 

Description: 

Gives students the opportunity to consolidate their theoretical knowledge and develop a high level of professional competence. It aims to nurture the development of the reflective practitioner and establish a foundation for confronting the issues associated with the professional responsibilities of being a teacher. The unit consists of an initial two-weeks on-campus (internal only) prior to a six-week school-based internship and it concludes with two-weeks on-campus as a preparation for the students' future profession.

Contact time: 

Two weeks on campus; six weeks of school placement; two weeks on campus.
External students can do the on-campus components externally.

Prerequisites: 

Enrolment in the final semester of a Bachelor of Education (Primary) OR Bachelor of Education (Primary) (Graduate) course.
Students must have both a current WA Department of Education National Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 clearance from the Department of Community Development on file in the Murdoch University School Experience (MUSE) Office prior to commencement of this unit. Students must lodge a MUSE Placement Form by the due date with the MUSE Office to guarantee a school placement.
Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Notes: 

Students will be required to have successfully completed all the required units. Enrolment in the relevant Professional Internship Preliminary unit (EDU377) in the same semester will be expected.

Used in these Courses: 

Education (BEd) [Primary Teaching] (Four Years)
Education (BEd) [Primary Teaching] (Four Years) + Australian Indigenous Studies (BA)
Education (BEd) [Primary, 1-10 Health and Physical Education]
Education (Graduate) (BEd) [Primary Teaching] (Two Years)

Used in these Minors: 

Inclusive Education