Professional Practice (Capstone) PG (11976.1)

Please note these are the 2026 details for this unit
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Professional Practice (Capstone) PG
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods Online real-time
 UC - Canberra, Online
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Education
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Academic Program Area - Education Post Graduate Level Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
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 educational evidence 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

Students must be enrolled in the EDM102 Master of Education.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2026 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2025 UC - Canberra, Online Study Block 4 07 July 2025 Online real-time Dr Ilyse Resnick
2026 UC - Canberra, Online Study Block 4 06 July 2026 Online real-time Dr Ilyse Resnick
The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Required texts

None

Submission of assessment items

Special assessment requirements

Normally an aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the unit.

Provision of valid documentation

Please note that the University takes student conduct very seriously. All documentation provided to University staff must be valid and the provision of fraudulent documentation carries with it potentially serious consequences, including suspension and/or exclusion from the University. Note that all allegations of student misconduct will be referred to the Associate Dean for Education (ADE) as a prescribed authority for investigation.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

Online workshop activities, reading and private study: 94 hours

Online Tutorial participation: 6 hours

Assessment tasks: 50 hours

Participation requirements

There is a strong correlation between participation and success in higher education. Your participation in online tutorials and engagement with the online activities will enhance your understanding of this unit's content and therefore the quality of your assessment responses. Lack of participation may result in your inability to satisfactorily pass assessment items.

Required IT skills

Artificial intelligence services must not to be used for assessment or assessment preparation by students unless explicitly allowed in the assessment instructions for an assessment task published with the assessment task and/or in the unit outline. That is, an artificial intelligence services may only be used if:
• its use is authorised by the unit convener as part of a specified 
assessment task, and
• it is used in the way allowed in the assessment instructions and/or unit outline, and 
• its use is appropriately referenced, meaning that students must reference the use of AI in their assessment in the same way as they reference other source material.

In-unit costs

Nil

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

There is no one theoretical model underpinning the design, delivery or context of this Unit. This subject engages students in documenting critical reflective and reflexive skills as a means to synthesise and consolidate professional learning. Students are required to develop and apply an understanding of data collection, analysis and other elements of study to authentic professional experiences, issues and/or initiatives.

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