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Learning Area Media Studies 1 (EDUC90461)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1 (Early-Start)
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 (Early-Start) |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject is an introduction to the field of Media Studies education and its application to secondary schools. Teacher Candidates will study the Media Studies curriculum with links to the VCE, Victorian Curriculum and ACARA educational contexts, with a particular focus on planning for teaching and learning Media Studies in a secondary school setting. Teacher Candidates will engage in theoretical studies and practical media workshops to inform their understanding of media as an arts discipline, a co-curricular activity and pedagogy in the junior, middle and senior secondary curriculum. Topics will include teaching strategies and structures to promote learning in the media classroom, assessment and evaluation, resources for media studies teaching, and designing and teaching media programs appropriate for a range of diverse educational contexts. Teacher Candidates will develop skills in interpreting and applying current curriculum frameworks.
The relationship between media and other literacies is explored. Teacher Candidates develop approaches that mix media production and theories of media that are appropriate for different learning, thinking and communication contexts.
This subject explores numeracy in media studies, particularly in elements of design, analysis and production of texts
Teacher Candidates explore developments in new media and reflect on the potentials for learning and young people’s practice and culture.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject teacher candidates will be able to:
- Begin 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 )
- Understand how to design 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)
- Understand how to set learning goals in Media Studies that provide achievable challenges for students of varying abilities and characteristics (Graduate Standards 3.1)
- Show an understanding of how to select 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 to improve learning and to determine the effectiveness of strategies and resources (Graduate Standards 3.6)
- Identify 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
Teacher Candidates must meet the minimum academic study requirements for teaching in specialist areas, in accordance with the Victorian Institute of Teaching's Specialist Area Guidelines, for entry into this subject.
Corequisites
Full time teacher candidates:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90908 | Clinical Teaching Practice (Sec) 1 |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Extended plan teacher candidates:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC91010 | Clinical Teaching Practice (Sec) 1 Ext | Year Long (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC91011 | Clinical Teaching Practice (Sec) 2 Ext | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
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
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Micro Teaching
| Early semester | 15% |
Digital Media Project
| Mid semester | 30% |
Media Resource Evaluation
| Mid semester | 15% |
Lesson Sequence
| End of semester | 40% |
Hurdle requirement: Minimum of 80% attendance at all scheduled lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 (Early-Start)
Principal coordinator Peter Anstee Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 February 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 February 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 (Early-Start) 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) - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 10 February 2024