ECN734 - Orientation to the Teaching Profession
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | This unit has an indicative number of professional experience placement days. For the most up-to-date advice regarding your placement please see here. |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Online Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Kellie Tobin Trimester 2: Kellie Tobin |
| Cohort rule: | Nil |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | There will be substantial engagement with online resources and discussions in CloudDeakin. A minimum of 2 Blackboard Collaborate sessions will be conducted during the trimester. |
| In-person attendance requirements: | The unit includes a required intensive block of 2-days (2 x 6-hours) with site-based workshops during week 1 of the trimester. The unit includes an embedded practicum of 15-days duration, where students undertake supervised professional experience in a school and/or vocational education and training site. |
Content
This unit orientates preservice teachers to teaching, the teaching profession and Professional Experience in schools and other educational settings. Students will analyse teaching and learning within the broader purposes of schooling and the education system, including a consideration of strategies for involving parents/carers in the educative process. Further, students will be required to critically assess the impact of globalisation on education and investigate how these discourses shape the practices of teachers in local, state and national contexts.
Students will examine the professional, ethical and legal frameworks for teachers including the Australian Graduate Teacher Standards. Students will engage critically with teaching and teacher practices by examining their personal beliefs and assumptions of teaching and learning and identify how these ideas inform their emerging applied learning pedagogy(s).
This unit will introduce students to planning for professional learning which will support their continued building of this throughout the course.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Critically evaluate the legal, ethical and professional standards (including codes of ethics and conduct) framing teacher practice in Australia, including legislative requirements that support student wellbeing and safety and examine the implications of these for their own emergent professional learning and improved student learning | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO2 | Articulate an emergent teaching philosophy and critically reflect on the relationship of this with applied learning pedagogies and practical approaches to managing challenging behaviour | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Critically assess the globalisation of education and evaluate how these discourses shape the work of teachers in national and local contexts, including the rationale for, provision of, and appropriate sources to support continued professional learning | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Identify strategies to involve parents/carers and other partners in the educative process in ways that support individual student learning. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO8: Global citizenship |
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 - Critical Analysis | 2500 words or equivalent | 50% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2 - Professional Learning Journal | 2500 words or equivalent | 50% | Information not yet available |
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
Professional Experience placement (15-days)
Learning Resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
Unit Fee Information
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