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School Experience as Breadth (EDUC20080)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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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 will provide an understanding of your university studies within Victorian schools through a substantial school based experience.
The subject includes a placement of 20 hours within a Victorian school classroom, offering an opportunity to collaborate as a Tertiary Student Assistant (TSA) under the guidance of a qualified teacher.
The subject is structured to provide a school experience for students in one of two main streams:
- Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences including Languages (HASS)
- Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM)
The TSA placement is supplemented by university-based workshops that will provide insight into the Victorian school system, contemporary approaches to teaching and learning as well as current issues in education.
Placement settings are arranged by MGSE and placement hours can be negotiated by students with their supervising teacher.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students will:
- demonstrate a greater understanding of issues related to the learning area as demonstrated through the TSA experience;
- appreciate the diversity of students within different schools and the impact of this on student learning;
- have a greater awareness of the complexity of issues impacting education and schools;
- appreciate how schools and education systems contribute to society;
- demonstrate improved self-reflection and practical skills.
Generic skills
This subject requires students to demonstrate and improve a range of generic skills. Students will:
- be able to effectively manage themselves, their time and their skills to complete a workplace project through more highly developed planning and organising skills;
- be able to use effective interpersonal and communication skills through interaction with a range of diverse colleagues, supervisors, and students;
- demonstrate improved analytical, problem-solving, research, and report-writing skills through dealing with and incorporating into their reports, a range of issues that emerge within their placement;
- develop an awareness of the legal and ethical frameworks of schools and the education sector.
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All applicants must have a valid Working with Children Check prior to the commencement of the subject:
For the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) stream:
Successful completion of 75 points of Level 1 subjects as well as a previous or current enrolment in at least 25 points of Level 2 subjects, across undergraduate Arts, Music degrees.
For the Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM) stream:
Successful completion of 75 points of Level 1 subjects as well as a previous or current enrolment in at least 25 points of Level 2 subjects, across undergraduate Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Science degrees.
For Languages (other than English) as part of the HASS stream:
A language major, minor, or else a first/advanced language background in Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Indonesian, French, German, and/or Italian. The major/minor may be undertaken concurrently with this subject.
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection for a particular placement setting. In assigning settings MGSE can consider prior academic performance.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
For the Languages stream: An intermediate level of communicative competence or higher in Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Indonesian, French, German, and/or Italian.
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: 27 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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1. Reflective Statement (Please see below)
| Early semester | 30% |
2. Interactive Classroom Presentation: As a group (up to 4) students present an interactive presentation on a Current Contextual Issue in Education
| Mid semester | 30% |
3. Topic report/paper: This is an individual paper prepared from the joint presentation group. Students write a topic/report based on a Current Contextual Issue in Education that was presented in the workshop
| End of semester | 40% |
Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 80% attendance at all tutorials, seminars and workshops | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: 100% attendance on placement | N/A |
Additional details
1. Reflective Statement (1200 words), due early semester
Students can choose from the following topics or negotiate another with their tutor
- Personal / Professional Identity
- Guided Observation of Classroom Experience
- Teaching & Learning Activity
- Classroom Initiative or Challenge
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Peter Anstee Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 Hours (16 hours workshops and 20 hours of placement) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Coordinator Kintara Phillips Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 Hours (16 hours workshops and 20 hours of placement) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023 Semester 2 contact information
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Digital readings will be provided through the LMS.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Breadth Track Knowing and Learning - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Links to additional information
- 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: 27 April 2024