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Engaging and Assessing Learners (Sec) 1 (EDUC91092)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 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
Subject Coordinator - Chris McCaw: mccawc@unimelb.edu.au
Clinical Specialist (Placement) Coordinator - Scott Cameron: scott.cameron@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This foundational subject explores the purposes of education and the role of the teacher in meeting professional ethics and responsibilities. Education has the capacity to transform society and through this subject, Teacher Candidates will examine the social, political, and legislative conditions that create schooling cultures to support and sustain all students. Teacher Candidates will consider how local and global educational policies inform and are informed by educational practices. This subject references the relevant Australian educational frameworks and curricula.
The clinical model of teaching will be introduced as an evidence-based practice guiding teaching, assessment and evaluation approaches. Teacher Candidates will examine current research into the processes and strategies that facilitate learning and will gain knowledge and understanding of physical, social and intellectual development and how characteristics of students may affect learning. Specifically, pedagogical practices will focus on understanding and responding to the learning strength and needs of students from linguistic, cultural, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
This subject will also support Teacher Candidates’ exploration of classroom communication and management practices and strategies that support students’ wellbeing and safety to provide high-quality learning environments that meet school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements. It will equip Teacher Candidates with the fundamental skills necessary to begin to observe, design and implement teaching strategies to engage all students.
This subject includes a Clinical Teaching Practicum (placement) in a Secondary school. During the placement, Teacher Candidates will begin to demonstrate the nexus between theory and the practice of teaching, drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives and contemporary research to support their teaching practice. Teacher candidates are supported by experienced Clinical Specialists and Mentor Teachers. A series of seminars will be held which explore Candidates’ developing professional knowledge, practice and engagement.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates should be able to:
- Demonstrate broad and deep understanding of the social, political, and legislative conditions that create schooling cultures in order to support and sustain all students.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of physical, social and intellectual development and how characteristics of students may affect learning.
- Apply knowledge of teaching strategies responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of research into how students learn and the implications for teaching.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the ways in which teaching practice is informed by codes of ethics and conduct for the teaching profession, and relevant legislative, administrative and organisational requirements.
- Apply knowledge of classroom activities and management strategies that create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments for all students to create inclusive and productive learning environments.
- Demonstrate understanding of professional knowledge, professional practice and professional engagement by drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives and contemporary research to support teaching practice.
Generic skills
This subject will develop the following set of key transferable skills:
- Clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice.
- Critical and creative thinking.
- Creativity and innovation.
- Teamwork and professional collaboration.
- Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base.
- Reflection for continuous improvement.
- Linking theory and practice.
- Inquiry and research.
- Active and participatory citizenship.
- Ethical and intercultural understanding.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Reflective Exercise: Podcast, written essay, or position statement on the purposes of education
| Early semester | 25% |
Clinical Teaching Practicum (placement): Demonstration of clinical teaching practice against Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate level (2000 words equivalent)
| Throughout the placement | 40% |
Essay: Culturally relevant educational environments
| During the examination period | 35% |
Clinical Teaching ePortfolio: Clinical Teaching Practicum-related resources and documentation Hurdle requirement: A satisfactory Clinical Teaching ePortfolio must be developed and maintained with fully documented lesson plans, lesson observations, reflections and evaluations and relevant school curriculum documents. | Throughout the placement | N/A |
Clinical Teaching Practicum Attendance Hurdle requirement: 100% attendance on all placement days. 100% attendance at all Clinical Teaching Practicum seminars. | Throughout the placement | N/A |
Coursework Attendance Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 80% attendance at, or engagement with, all sessions identified as coursework contact hours (may include lectures, tutorials, and workshops, both synchronous and asynchronous). | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Coursework Assessment Hurdle requirement: Students must achieve a minimum of 30 percent (half of the possible score) out of the combined 60 percent of the final subject score available for the first assessment (Reflective Exercise) and third assessment (Essay). | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Chris McCaw Coordinator Scott Cameron Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 20 days of Clinical Teaching Practicum in a secondary school (inclusive of placement and seminars), and 24 hours of coursework (comprising 16 hours of on-campus classes, and 8 hours of asynchronous online activities) Total time commitment 220 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
Subject Coordinator - Chris McCaw: mccawc@unimelb.edu.au
Clinical Specialist (Placement) Coordinator - Scott Cameron: scott.cameron@unimelb.edu.au
What do these dates mean
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Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
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Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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Type Name Course Master of Teaching (Secondary) - Links to additional information
Faculty of Education: https://education.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 10 February 2024