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Internship (Secondary) (EDUC90418)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 37.5Not available in 2017
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The intern assumes teaching duties in collaboration with an appropriately qualified mentor, approved by the host school and the Faculty. The intern attends the school for four days a week and has a teaching load equivalent to 60% of a normal weekly teaching load over four days. The remainder of the time is spent planning, evaluating and documenting their teaching and involvement in the school, with guidance from the mentor and the university clinical tutor, and, participation in university and professionally relevant seminars. Satisfactory completion of the internship denotes that the intern teacher is ready to take on the full responsibilities of a teacher.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject teacher candidates should be able to:
- Independently apply professional criteria to their own teaching and professional activity;
- Synthesise their theoretical and practical understandings of teaching;
- Use constructive criticism and discussion to evaluate and reflect on values and practices in relation to their professional practice;
- Communicate effectively with other professionals, parents and students;
- Promote the profession of teaching in the wider community.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, teacher candidates will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to:
- Be skilled communicators who can effectively articulate and justify their professional practice
- Be flexible and able to adapt to change through knowing how to learn;
- Understand the significance of developing their practice on the basis of research evidence;
- Work in teams with skills in cooperation, communication and negotiation;
- Be independent of mind, responsible, resilient, self-regulating;
- Have a conscious personal and social values base that is evident in their teaching.
Last updated: 10 February 2024