UWA Handbook 2025

Unit Overview

Description

Students undertake 30 days of professional teaching practice in an accredited government or non-government educational setting, under the guidance of a mentor teacher who provides assistance in planning learning experiences/lessons, programming, assessment and management of the learning environment. Students will also complete a capstone project based on their professional practice experience.

Students will attend workshops prior to their professional practice, to explore and build on key professional competencies and duties of the teaching profession.

Within the Master of Teaching Secondary course, students will take two professional placement units. Students will teach primarily in their major curriculum area. In EDUC5535 Professional Practice A Secondary, students will undertake 30 days of professional practice. In EDUC5536 Professional Practice B Secondary, students will undertake 30 days of professional practice and complete a capstone project. EDUC5535 must be completed before EDUC5536.

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Non-standard teaching period	UWA (Perth)	Face to face
Non-standard teaching period	UWA (Perth)	Face to face

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) demonstrate the necessary knowledge, skills and pedagogical understanding to independently plan, implement and assess learning programs in early childhood, primary or secondary educational settings.; (2) prepare purposeful and sequential learning experiences appropriate to a learning area, which cater for students with diverse backgrounds and are responsive to student needs, interests and ability.; (3) design and implement with confidence a variety of learning, assessment and instructional strategies and resources (including educational technologies).; (4) use a range and variety of appropriate techniques and strategies to manage and support students' learning.; (5) incorporate literacy and numeracy strategies to support learning appropriate to the learning area or context and students being taught.; (6) draw on a wide range of instructional strategies and resources (including educational technologies), to foster critical thinking and opportunities for independent and collaborative learning.; (7) use both informal and formal assessment strategies to monitor, assess, record and provide feedback on students' learning and the basis for future planning.; (8) display professional and ethical conduct, including high standards of self management and collaborative behaviours to establish productive and professional working relationships with peers, educators, and school and University staff.; (9) respond appropriately and act on advice from their mentors and University staff.; (10) participate in a range of teacher duties and demonstrate an awareness of the (legal, social and moral) responsibilities of pre-service teachers, teachers and schools.; (11) use reflective practice techniques to identify and evaluate aspects of practice as a basis for self-improvement.; and (12) demonstrate the necessary knowledge, skills and attributes for professional practice as described by the National Professional Standards for graduate teachers..

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) EDUC5535 Professional Practice A Secondary (ID 6975)

Advisable prior study

It is advisable that students have completed their second curriculum major unit before undertaking EDUC5536 Professional Practice B Secondary.

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 "
Participation in this unit will incur the following incidental fee(s):
Student Name Badges (estimated cost - 9).

Contact hours

workshops: 30 days full-time attendance 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 and curriculum units in which they are concurrently enrolled.