Professional Practice & Seminar Sec 4r

Subject 460-550 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Parkville, On Campus
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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 20 days of Professional Practice in a secondary school including 8 hours of Seminars
Total Time Commitment: 20 days of professional practice
Prerequisites: 460-549 Professional Practice & Seminar Sec 3r
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Subject Overview: This subject focuses on Teacher Candidates’ awareness of the characteristics of knowledge, practice and professional engagement for professional accountability in teaching. Teacher Candidates are required to demonstrate their capacity to teach independently sustained sequences of lessons with consideration for the learning needs of individual students. School-based Teaching Fellows and University-based Clinical Specialists advise and monitor Teacher Candidates in collaboration with Supervising Teachers. Discussions and evaluations in Seminars will focus on Teacher Candidates' work and reflection on teaching practice. Candidates will present evidence of their professional development in a reflective analysis based on the VIT Standard for Graduating Teachers.
Objectives:

On completion of this subject Teacher Candidates should be able to:

  • Be aware of and can use a range of strategies to establish a positive and inclusive learning environment;
  • Establish a safe and productive learning environment with clear expectations for student behaviour;
  • Use a range of strategies to assess and monitor student learning needs and use this to inform teaching, to report on student learning and provide feedback to students;
  • Independently access and manage a range of learning and teaching resources including technologies to support their specialist area in teaching;
  • Describe their professional practice using the VIT Standards for Graduating Teachers;
  • Plan and implement strategies to support their professional growth.
Assessment:

There are 2 assessment tasks:

  • Teaching Practice (65%)
  • Practicum Exhibition (35%)

There are 2 hurdle requirements:

  • Attendance on all days of placement
  • Attendance at all practicum seminar sessions.
Prescribed Texts: Collection of readings
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
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Generic Skills: On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to:
  • Be skilled communicators who can effectively articulate and justify their professional development in teaching
  • Be flexible and able to adapt to change through knowing how to learn;
  • Understand the significance of developing their practice on the basis of research evidence;
  • Work in teams with skills in cooperation, communication and negotiation;
  • Be independent of mind, responsible, resilient, self-regulating;
  • Have a conscious personal and social values base that is evident in their teaching.

Related Course(s): Master of Teaching (Secondary)

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