UWA Handbook 2024

Unit Overview

Description

Students undertake 30 days (a six-week block) of teaching practice within government and non-government educational settings under the guidance of a mentor teacher who provides assistance in planning learning experiences/lessons, programming, assessment and management of the learning environment. In addition, lectures and seminars prior to professional practice explore key professional competencies and duties of the teaching profession.

Students will collect data for a Capstone Project that will be introduced and submitted in the unit EDUC5114.

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Non-standard teaching period	UWA (Perth), government or non-government school	Face to face
Non-standard teaching period	UWA (Perth), government or non-government school	Face to face
Non-standard teaching period	UWA (Perth), government or non-government school	Face to face

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) know students and how they learn: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of children's characteristics and development. Plan and implement learning strategies and teaching techniques to cater for students with diverse backgrounds, range of abilities, social skills and motivation for learning.; (2) know the content and how to teach it: Apply content and subject knowledge to establish effective teaching programs that cater for students with diverse backgrounds, range of abilities, social skills and motivation for learning. Draw on a wide range of instructional strategies and resources (including ICT), to foster critical thinking and opportunities for independent and collaborative learning.; (3) design and implement with confidence a variety of learning, assessment and instructional strategies and resources (including ICT), which take into consideration students with diverse backgrounds, range of abilities, social skills and motivation for learning.; (4) create and maintain safe learning environments to promote positive behaviours, which includes the management of student participation, classroom activities and the safe and responsible use of ICT.; (5) assess, provide feedback and report on student learning: Design a range of assessment strategies and interpret data collected to make judgements about future teaching interventions, and report on student's achievements.; (6) demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key principles of the Code of Ethics for the teaching profession, legislative acts and regulations.; and (7) successfully meet the requirements of the AITSL mandated Teaching Performance Assessment.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: professional practice report submitted by teacher mentors. Further information is available in the unit outline.

To pass this unit, a student must: (a) achieve an overall mark of 50 per cent or higher for the unit; and (b) achieve the requisite requirements(s) or a mark of 50 per cent or greater, whichever is higher and specified in the unit outline, for the professional practice report submitted by teacher mentors component.

This unit is assessed on an ungraded pass/ungraded failed basis. All assessment items must be successfully completed.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Rachel Wicking

Unit rules

Prerequisites

Unit(s) EDUC5510 Professional Practice A

Incidental fees

Incidental student fees and charges are costs incurred by students as part of their studies at UWA that are in addition to their tuition fees (further information is available here).
Participation in this unit will incur the following incidental fee(s):
Student Name Badges (estimated cost - 9).

Contact hours

30 days full-time attendance on professional practice in schools and educational settings

Note

Conditions for Professional Practice units:
(1) A current Department of Education Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and a Working with Children Clearance must be presented before any student undertakes professional practice in schools. If a clearance is not given a student must approach the Department of Education for permission to proceed (see Professional requirements). Students are required to read, sign and adopt the Graduate School of Education (GSE) Professional Code of Conduct.
(2) Students must gain a pass grade on assessments in core units in which they are concurrently enrolled.