Key facts
UNE unit code: EDLT302
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- Trimester 1 - On Campus
- Trimester 1 - Online
- Trimester 2 - On Campus
- Trimester 2 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- No
- No
- 6
Unit information
To begin your teaching career with confidence, you need an understanding of the processes of school-based teaching and learning. This unit gives you a strong foundation in the theories of learning and explores how to use them in your teaching practice to promote effective learning, specifically related to curriculum outcomes.
The unit explores the relationship between child and adolescent cognitive development and effective learning and gives you some practical classroom management strategies.
You will learn how to encourage high-level thinking in your students and how to explain concepts to your students. The unit will help you plan for social learning (cooperative learning) experiences and guide you in effective teacher and student questioning techniques.
The unit includes 20 days of professional experience in a primary school.
Offerings
For further information about UNE's teaching periods, please go to Principal Dates.
| Teaching period | Mode/location |
|---|---|
| Trimester 1 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
| Trimester 1 | Online |
| Trimester 2 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
| Trimester 2 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
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Notes
LucidChart, Inspiration and/or other graphic organiser tools may be used in this unit.
This unit requires contact with children in an educational setting. Students must be either enrolled or have completed two curriculum units (for primary) or one of their approved curriculum units (for secondary). Professional experience placement information is made available to all students. Before entering the setting, all students must have completed online Anaphylaxis training, an online Child Protection module, and have obtained a valid Working with Children Check clearance (for those students wishing to complete their placement in NSW) or equivalent (for those students wishing to complete their placement outside NSW). Please see the Office for Professional Learning Important Information webpage for more information.
This unit addresses Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Stage, otherwise referred to as Graduate Teacher Standard Descriptors (GTSD).
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
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Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- develop learning theory into a coherent and justified teaching philosophy and link it to the elements of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers as a framework for ongoing professional learning (GTSD 1.2.1, 6.1.1);
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the stages of child and adolescent development to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities (GTSD 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.6.1);
- demonstrate the ability to apply the teaching cycle to plan effective teaching and learning activities, provide clear directions, and develop assessment tasks that promote higher-order critical thinking in learners (GTSD 1.5.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.6.1, 4.2.1, 5.1.1, 5.2.1);
- demonstrate knowledge of teaching strategies to interpret assessment data and have the ability to modify teaching practice (GTSD 5.1.1, 5.3.1, 5.4.1); and
- demonstrate competence during professional placement in a school setting (GTSD 2.3.1, 4.2.1, 4.3.1, 5.1.1, 6.3.1).
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
| Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 (Preliminary) | Yes | All offerings | Preliminary assessment consists of 7 short-answer questions, to be done prior to any research or learning in the unit. Not directly assessed but compulsory and used in later assessment tasks. | |
| Assessment 2 | Yes | 5% | All offerings | Online quiz 1. Relates to GTSD: 1.2.1, 1.5.1, 1.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.6.1, 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 6.1.1 No. Words: 100 (equivalent) |
| Assessment 3 | Yes | 40% | All offerings | Major assignment.. Relates to GTSD: 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.5.1, 1.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.6.1, 4.2.1, 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.3.1, 5.4.1, 6.1.1 No. Words: 1800 |
| Assessment 4 | Yes | 5% | All offerings | Online Quiz 2. Series of multiple choice, true/false, cloze and matching questions covering the content of later topics of the unit. Relates to GTSD: 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.6.1, 5.1.1, 5.3.1, 5.4.1 No. Words: 100 (equivalent) |
| Assessment 5 | Yes | 50% | All offerings | Major assessment. Relates to GTSD: 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.5.1, 1.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.6.1, 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.3.1, 5.4.1, 6.1.1 No. Words: 2000 |
| Professional Experience - Assurance Task | Yes | All offerings | Professional experience. Students are required to complete 20 days of school-based professional experience in an Australian School and receive a satisfactory report from their supervisor(s) in order to successfully pass this unit.Students in the BEd(K-12 Teach) will undertake their professional experience as a 20-day block in a Primary School setting.Students in BEd(SecArts), (SecMath), (SecMusic), (SecSc) degree will undertake their professional experience as a 20-day block in a Secondary School setting. Relates to GTSD: 2.3.1, 4.3.1, 5.1.1, 6.3.1 |
Learning resources
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