UWA Handbook 2024

Unit Overview

Description

In this unit students will participate in 30 days of teaching practice, 15 days in a secondary school and 15 days in an early-years (F-2) primary classroom. Students will be under the guidance of a mentor teacher who will provide assistance in the development and execution of lessons, management of the classroom learning environment and other school-based activities. This professional practice will contribute to students' understanding and engagement in professional learning and capacity to plan for and implement effective learning and teaching for children and adolescents.

Credit

6 points

Offering

Availability	Location	Mode
Not available in 2024	Albany	Face to face

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) demonstrate the capacity to plan effective teaching and learning activities for young children and adolescents; (2) demonstrate the capacity to implement effective teaching and learning activities for young children and adolescents; (3) critically engage in reflective practices to improve teaching; (4) evaluate and employ teaching resources appropriate for the developmental stages of student learning; (5) critically reflect on strategies for working with parents/carers; (6) develop a range of verbal and non-verbal communication skills; (7) apply feedback from a school supervisor to improve teaching practice; (8) demonstrate an understanding of the significance of professional learning, including the role of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers; and (9) apply core principles of professional and ethical conduct..

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) development of an E-Portfolio; (2) professional Practice Reflection; and (3) mentor Report – Secondary, Mentor Report – Primary. 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 development of an E-Portfolio, professional Practice Reflection, and mentor Report – Secondary, Mentor Report – Primary components.

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

EDUC5466 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum l.
and/or EDUC5460 English Curriculum l.
and/or EDUC5462 Mathematics Curriculum l.
and/or EDUC5465 Science Curriculum l.
and/or EDUC5461 LOTE Curriculum l.
and/or EDUC54 Technologies Curriculum l.
and EDUC5504 Language & Literacy in Early Childhood.
EDUC5502 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years

Contact hours

30 days of teaching practice, 15 days in a secondary school and 15 days in an early-years (F-2) primary classroom