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Learning Area Media Studies 2 (EDUC90462)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Overview
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This subject focuses on the design, implementation and evaluation of media education in secondary school communities, incorporating the VCE, The Victorian Curriculm F-10 and ACARA. Teacher Candidates will further their understanding of media as an arts discipline and as a pedagogy through practical application and reflective practice. The subject will examine a range of purposes for media within contemporary education.
Topics will include: techniques and resources for teaching Media Studies curriculum in secondary schools; media and interdisciplinary curriculum planning and implementation; applying critical analysis to texts and all forms of media, investigating media teaching and learning through reflective practice. Teacher Candidates will plan, implement, evaluate and reflect on the media curriculum in a range of contexts. They will undertake team teaching, a curriculum plan and an extensive series of lesson plans for senior years media study.
The role of the Media teacher in non-VCE senior Media classes is also addressed including Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL), Vocational and Employment Training (VET) and Diploma of Further Education. Media Studies and its relationship with other VCE subjects is examined (Studio Arts, English)
This subject will also draw on research on the diversity of secondary students’ learning needs and research on effective assessment, Teacher Candidates will explore how to personalise the learning experience of each student within this discipline area.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject teacher candidates will be able to:
- Show a developed capacity to critically reflect on research into how students learn and understand the concepts, substance, structure and implications for effective teaching practice, in Media Studies, including the creation of effective learning environments (Graduate Standards 1.2, 2.1 )
- Deliver relevant and comprehensive lesson plans and learning sequences in Media Studies, using knowledge of student learning, curriculum, assessment, reporting as well as effective teaching resources (Graduate Standards 2.2, 2.3, 3.2)
- Consolidate learning goals in Media Studies that provide achievable challenges for students of varying abilities and characteristics (Graduate Standards 3.1)
- Effectively use appropriate strategies to differentiate teaching in Media Studies to meet specific needs of students, drawing on digital technologies and literacy and numeracy understandings in order to engage and empower students in their learning (Graduate Standards 1.5, 2.5, 2.6, 3.3 & 3.4)
- Evaluate teaching programs in Media Studies in order to improve learning and determine the effectiveness of strategies and resources (Graduate Standards 3.6)
- Utilise assessment strategies including formal and informal diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess and to support students’ learning in Media Studies (Graduate Standards 5.1, 5.4)
Graduate Standards refers to the Graduate-level Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
Generic skills
MTeach graduates will develop the following set of key transferable skills:
- Clinical reasoning and thinking
- Problem solving
- Evidence based decision making
- Creativity and innovation
- Teamwork and professional collaboration
- Learning to learn and metacognition
- Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base
- Reflection for continuous improvement
- Linking theory and practice
- Inquiry and research
- Active and participatory citizenship.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90461 | Learning Area Media Studies 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- VCE Unit of Study (2000 words equivalent) due mid semester (40%)
- Media Research Paper (1000 words equivalent) due mid semester (20%)
- VCE Series of Lessons (2000 words equivalent) due late semester (40%)
Hurdle requirements:
- All assessments tasks must be satisfactorily completed to a minimum 50% mark on each task.
- Minimum of 80% attendance at all scheduled lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- July
Principal coordinator Peter Anstee Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 10 July 2017 to 25 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 31 July 2017 Census date 11 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 October 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 July contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
VCE Media Studies Study Design (Available from VCAA Website)
Victorian Curriculum – Media Arts (http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/the-arts/media-arts/introduction/rationale-and-aims)
Australian Curriculum – Media Arts (http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/the-arts/media-arts/curriculum/f-10?layout=1)
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Teaching (Secondary) Course Master of Teaching (Secondary)
Last updated: 10 February 2024