Overview
Academic contacts
Offerings
Requisites
Enrolment rules
Other learning activities
Learning activities
Learning outcomes
Assessments
Additional information
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
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.