Professional Practice (Capstone) PG (11976.1)

The Professional Practice Capstone provides students the opportunity to solidify their learning through the development of a professional portfolio. This subject engages students in documenting critical reflective and reflexive skills as a means to synthesise and consolidate professional learning. Students develop and apply their understanding of data collection, analysis and other elements of study (including relevant professional standards) to authentic professional experiences, issues and/or initiatives. Students develop a professional portfolio which documents their reflexive capability and showcases the professional learning, leadership and/or pedagogical outcomes and impact of their experiences.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate understanding of portfolio assessment and how advanced professional learning may be evidenced and validated through the application of theory;
2. Critically reflect on professional teaching and/or leadership practices and recognise their impact and influence on the educational workplace; and
3. Document, communicate and justify evidence-based decisions with reference to data and research applied to professional practice.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

Student must be enrolled in one of the following courses to enrol in this unit:
EDC101 Graduate Certificate in STEM Education
EDC102 Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership
EDC103 Graduate Certificate in Education
EDM102 Master of Education

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.