ECP327 - Professional Engagement 1 (Primary School 1)
Unit details
| Year: | 2020 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester. Last updated: 2 June 2020 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, CBD*, Cloud (online), Deakin Learning Centres |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Brendan Hyde |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in course E330 |
| Prerequisite: | ECP228 |
| Corequisite: | Students enrolled in course E330 must be must complete unit ALL153 or ECE345 |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | Burwood: Deakin Learning Centres: |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 2 x cloud conferences per trimester |
| In-person attendance requirements: | The unit also includes a Professional Experience placement (25-days) |
Note:*CBD refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute; Community Based Delivery | |
Content
This unit will provide students with opportunities to observe interactions between teachers and children during the primary school years and to teach in these settings. It will give students the opportunity to apply the child development theories in Life Span Development compare development across a wider age range than previously experienced.
In a professional experience placement, students will observe, assess and engage with children, and will engage with teachers. Students will be able to critically analyse and reflect on the components of quality environments and programmes. Students will be able to make critical connections between theory and practice, and incorporate their understandings about the school’s Curriculum and the Graduate Standards for Teachers in the context of their own competencies. Specifically, students commence development of a professional portfolio to curate artefacts and evidence of achievement against these standards for self-auditing purposes and use this portfolio in professional conversations to identify areas for further development and strategies to achieve this. The unit will provide opportunities to manage behaviour and plan for the teaching and learning of children in school contexts. Students will also be provided with opportunities to reflect on the differences and similarities between the primary school context and working with children under the age of five in child care and preschool. The unit embeds the initial components of the Deakin Teaching Performance Assessment as a critical reflection of practice in the processes of contextualising learning and teaching, planning and teaching to support student learning.
| These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | ||
| ULO1 | Use professional modes of evidence collection and communication to investigate and critically reflect on personal growth, practice and learning against the Australian Professional Standards for Graduate Teachers in the context of primary aged children | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO2 | Critically analyse the National Curriculum documents in the context of teaching, learning and approaches to pedagogies during the primary years | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Critically appraise and communicate the outcomes for learning and development through incorporating different social and cultural perspectives | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO4 | Critically reflect on, and apply, the skills required to plan and teach learning sequences that are inclusive of diverse leaner needs and differentiated across the full range of abilities to support student engagement with academic concepts through a specific of area of learning | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO8: Global citizenship |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 (Individual) - Professional Experience Portfolio | 1500 words | 30% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 2 (Individual) – Professional Conversation | 1000 words equivalent | 20% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 3 (Individual) - Deakin Teaching Performance Assessment (DTPA) – Part A | 2500 words | 50% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
Satisfactory completion of the professional experience placement is required in order to pass this unit.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ECP327
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.
Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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