Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S2E-EXT-2018-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

Concurrent enrolment in EDN236 Teaching The Arts in Primary Schools and EDN248 Teaching Health and Physical Education in Primary Schools is strongly recommended.
Students enrolled in the GradDipEd (Primary) or GradDipEd (Secondary) should not enrol in this unit.

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Learning outcomes

1.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of English, the Arts and HPE
2.
Organise content into an effective learning and teaching sequence suitable for students’ learning needs
3.
Plan lesson sequences using knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies and using a range of teaching strategies and resources including ICT
4.
Demonstrate the capacity to organise classroom activities and provide clear directions
5.
Demonstrate understanding of assessment strategies to assess and promote learning
6.
Demonstrate understanding of the purpose of providing timely and appropriate feedback to students about their learning
7.
Understand the importance of obtaining feedback from mentor teachers to support your learning and improve practice

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

This unit follows on from EDN235 Teaching English and Literacy in Primary schools

Topic 1 - Where do we begin? Policy, practices and personal philosophies

Topic 2 - How do we learn to teach? Theories of Teaching/Pedagogies

Topic 3 - How do we monitor our professional growth?

Topic 4 - What skills do you bring to the profession? How resilient are you?

Education Break

Topic 5 - How do we Teach English and Literacy?

Topic 6 - How do we assess across the phases and for different learning areas? Monitoring; Assessment types; assessment that is fit for purpose

Topic 7 - How do you cater for difference and diversity within lesson plans? English/HPE

Topic 8 - How do we create effective learning environments and culturally relevant practices?

Topic 9 - Classroom Management Strategies – language, attitude, risk management & effective planning strategies.

Topic 10 - School Contexts – getting prepared and profiling schools & classrooms

Professional Experience

Topic 11- Reflecting on your learning: identifying critical learning incidents and strategies to enhance the Teaching & Learning of English for yourself & others

Other notes:

Prior to placement in any school for Professional Experience, it is mandatory that pre-service teachers complete and successfully obtain obtain several forms and clearances. Information and forms regarding these mandatory requirements can be accessed via the Professional Experience website:
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/School-of-Education/Professional-Experience
Completion and submission of these mandatory requirements is essential before placements can be arranged. Students enrolled internally and externally MUST successfully complete this school experience in the Perth metropolitan area. Students who fail this unit must gain permission from the Academic Chair to progress.