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Clinical Teaching Practice (EC&P) 1 (EDUC90987)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
May
August
Overview
| Availability | May August |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject requires Teacher Candidates to demonstrate their developing professional knowledge, clinical practice, and professional engagement in the primary school context. The school placement focuses on clinical teaching and on developing an understanding of student characteristics, principles of learning and teaching, classroom management and school organisation in a generalist classroom. Candidates take responsibility for the planning, implementation and assessment of lessons based on national and state curricula during extended periods of supervised teaching and across all curriculum areas. Teacher Candidates will differentiate their teaching to include students with diverse needs and backgrounds and will take into account Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives on learning and development.
Experienced Mentor Teachers will support Teacher Candidates in collaboration academics who are also engaged in the on-campus teaching program.
The Clinical Teaching Practice seminars are framed by the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Level. At seminars, Teacher Candidates will engage in collaborative learning and critical reflection.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
(Note: Graduate Standards refers to the Graduate-level Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.)
- Demonstrate that progress towards the attainment of Australian Professional Standards for Teachers is being consolidated
- Critically reflect on the ways in which educational theory and research inform teaching practice (Graduate Standards 1.2)
- Consolidate knowledge of the characteristics of learners (Graduate Standards 1.2, 1.5)
- Consolidate subject and pedagogical content knowledge to create inclusive and productive learning environments (Graduate Standards 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4)
- Design and implement relevant generalist and specialised curriculum and pedagogy, integrating digital technologies and differentiating teaching and using effective verbal and non-verbal communication to engage students in their learning (Graduate Standards 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5)
- Create and maintain safe and supportive learning environments using practical approaches to promote positive behaviours (Graduate Standards 4.1, 4.2, 4.3)
- Design assessment tools and tasks and interpret data and evidence to make clinical judgements about teaching interventions and reflect on the impact of teaching on learning outcomes (Graduate Standards 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4)
- Consolidate understanding of how educational theory and research informs teaching practice (Graduate Standard 1.2)
- Consolidate knowledge of key principles of the Code of Ethics for the teaching profession (Graduate Standards 7.1, 7.2)
- Consolidate knowledge of the relevant legislative acts and regulations (Graduate Standard 7.2)
Generic skills
This subject 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