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Professional Practice & Seminar Sec 3a (EDUC90413)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
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This subject focuses on the Teacher Candidates’ awareness of the characteristics of knowledge, practice and professional engagement for professional accountability in teaching. The placement is focused on assessment for tracking student learning more closely and to inform teaching. Professional Practice Seminars focus on school context, assessment policy and procedures and evaluation of Candidates' professional growth.
100% attendance is mandatory in all practicum subjects.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject Teacher Candidates should be able to:
- Be aware of and can use a range of strategies to establish a positive and inclusive learning environment;
- Establish a safe and productive learning environment with clear expectations for student behaviour;
- Use a range of strategies to assess and monitor student learning needs and use this to inform teaching, to report on student learning and provide feedback to students;
- Independently access and manage a range of learning and teaching resources including technologies to support their specialist area in teaching;
- Describe their professional practice using the VIT Standards for Graduating Teachers;
- Plan and implement strategies to support their professional growth.
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 development in teaching;
- 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