Professional issues 2: a focus on the profession (6 points)
(EDU)
Leader: Dr G Hildebrand (Clay), TBA (Gippsland)
Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Evening)
Gippsland Second semester 2004 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2004 (OCL)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Evening)
Gippsland Second semester 2005 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2005 (OCL)
Synopsis:
Objectives: Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to recognise the expectations and work commitments of the education profession; identify activities, roles and competencies that are appropriate for use by an educational professional; construct a professional teaching portfolio that documents their professional philosophy, capabilities, expertise, and experience; use a wide variety of tools for documenting their practice for inclusion in a professional teaching portfolio; articulate the multi-faceted nature of the roles and responsibilities that exist within educational settings; justify their ideas about professional teaching in a variety of ways for a range of audiences eg. employment interviews, parent/teacher interviews, peer group reviews, school staff meetings; document their pedagogical content knowledge ie the integration of what they know about teaching and learning, about students in a range of contexts; their foundation discipline knowledge and their teaching strategies, tactics and communication practices; and reflect on their own experiences, including those within the teaching profession, and use these reflections to inform their future professional decision-making.
Assessment: Portfolio (50%) + Completion of designated activities: (20%) + Assignment: 30% (1200 words)
Contact Hours: 3 hours per week
Corequisites: For Grad.Dip.Ed (Sec) - EDF5422
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