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Professional Practice & Seminar Prim 4 (EDUC90771)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Semester 2
Overview
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This subject develops Teacher Candidates’ reflective dialogue through use of evidence-based practice in a generalist primary classroom. The placement is focused on interventionist primary classroom teaching and evidence-informed practice. In collaboration with mentor teachers and Clinical Specialists from the university, Candidates will design, implement, evaluate and reflect upon a sustained series of interventions relevant to their teaching context. Candidates will demonstrate graduate attributes and readiness for interventionist primary classroom teaching under the three domains of professional knowledge, practice and engagement during the Practicum Exhibition.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject Teacher Candidates should be able to:
- Evaluate the impact of their teaching on student learning outcomes and experience in the classroom
- Demonstrate a strategic approach to the development of productive learning environments
- Use critical, reflective processes to guide their development in teaching
- Articulate the goals and directions of their professional development in teaching
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 the role of assessment 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 co-operation, communication and negotiation;
- Be independent of mind, responsible, resilient, self-regulating;
- Have conscious personal and social values base that is evident in their teaching.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Students must have completed 150 points of Master of Teaching (Primary) subjects including EDUC90489 Professional Practice and Seminar Prim 3 before enrolling in this subject.
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90489 | Professional Practice and Seminar Prim 3 |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
EDUC9xxxx, Education Research Project (Prim)
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90769 | Education Research Project (Prim) | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EDUC90775 | Designing Personalised Learning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
EDUC90776 | Primary Mathematics Education 3 | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
EDUC90777 | Literacy Assessment and Learning | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
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
There are two assessment tasks; both assessment tasks must be passed:
- Professional Practice during all days of practicum, 70%
- Practicum Exhibition during the second half of semester after block placement, 30%
There are 3 hurdle requirements:
- Attendance on all days of practicum
- Attendance at all practicum seminars
- Satisfactory completion of all Professional Portfolio artefacts
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Nadine Crane Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 day of practicum preparation on campus and 22 days of professional practice in a primary school Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Nadine Crane Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 day of practicum preparation on campus and 22 days of professional practice in a primary school Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
85 hours
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Links to additional information
Last updated: 10 February 2024