ECN724 - Later Years Teaching Strategies (Years 10-12)
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 3: Cloud (online) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 3: Adam Usher |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in course E530, E730 or E737 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| 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 - cloud: | It is expected that students will engage weekly with online materials for a minimum of 2-hours. This may include but is not limited to the following: Black Board Collaborate, discussion boards, online readings and online modules. A minimum of two Blackboard Collaborate sessions will be conducted during the trimester |
Content
This unit will enable students to develop advanced knowledge and skills relevant to the planning, facilitation and assessment of their specialist subject areas in the later years of schooling. Students undertake a detailed and critical analysis of an authentic VCE curriculum program in their specialist teaching area which is currently being delivered to a cohort of students in schools. Particular attention is given to the use of applied learning approaches, examining effective strategies for personalising students' learning experiences, and the safe and effective use of ICT to support later years students' learning. Students apply their deep disciplinal knowledge and their knowledge of effective learning principles and later years curriculum design to prepare an engaging and safe curriculum program which meets the specific learning outcomes of their own specialist VCE curriculum subject areas and demonstrates application of effective assessment principles.The unit requires students to prepare an overview of professional associations and relevant professional resources supporting their specialist teaching areas in the Later years.
Students are required to work closely with their school-based Later Years specialist teaching subject mentors and Site Directors in the Deakin University Alliance schools where professional experience will be undertaken.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Apply detailed knowledge of how to prepare suitably organised outcome-based curriculum programs for specialist VCE subjects in the later years of schooling | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Synthesise and apply knowledge of a broad range of teaching strategies and student engagement strategies that are suitably planned and sequenced, and responsive to students’ strengths and needs with varying abilities (including learners from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds) in later year’s subject specialist areas | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Synthesise and apply knowledge of effective assessment strategies that are responsive to students across the full range of abilities in later year’s subject specialist areas, and apply effective moderation to support judgements of student learning | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO4 | Demonstrate and apply knowledge of a range of teaching resources, including strategies for using ICT to facilitate effective learning in later year’s subject specialist areas | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO5 | Using critical self-assessment and peer feedback, evaluate and improve teaching programs for the later years by applying a range of assessment strategies, approaches to data recording, reporting and evidence-based evaluation strategies. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Prepare a later years curriculum program | 3000 words | 60% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 2 - Design and evaluate a senior assessment task | 2000 words | 40% | Week 12 |
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.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ECN724
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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