School Placement UG (12045.1)

In this unit participants will learn about of the legislative and ethical issues of working as a teacher. They will learn to work with colleagues to improve their teaching, making use of different curriculum and pedagogy models to evaluate teaching. Participants will collaborate in the design and delivery of learning sequences including leading learning under supervision. Students will complete a professional experience as a part of this unit.

Important: Students should only enrol in this unit if they have received course advice from the Faculty to do so.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of student development, how this affects student learning and implications for inclusive curriculum and teaching;
2. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies needed in the discipline and within the Secondary and Senior Secondary classrooms;
3. Adopt a critically reflective approach to teaching and the related ability to plan for and implement teaching, learning and assessment strategies that inform and have a positive impact on learners within the discipline;
4. Identify and implement strategies to support inclusive student participation and engagement in classroom activities;
5. Implement assessment strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess and report student learning;
6. Organise and manage classroom activities and behaviour, provide clear directions, and maintain a supportive and safe learning environment; and
7. Engage with professional colleagues, and professional learning, to maintain a productive working environment and to improve professional practice.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways

Prerequisites

This unit is for students in an undergraduate Secondary Initial Teacher Education Course who have only one teaching area identified.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.