Clayton Second semester 2008 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2008 (Evening)
Gippsland Second semester 2008 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2008 (Off-campus)
Gippsland Second semester (Open Learning) 2008 (Open Learning)
This unit is designed to provide a transition for students as they move from teacher education into the professional practice of teaching and as such views teacher education as an important part of the induction process for engaging with the teaching profession. Students will be inducted into the notion of what it means to be engaged in the teaching profession through consideration of the nature of teachers' work. This includes the ethical, professional, industrial, legal, emotional, intellectual and physical frames of teachers' work. Students will be required to develop a sense of their personal identity as a teacher that builds in theoretical perspectives they have encountered.
Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:
25 days shared across this unit, Core Education Units and students' selection of Core Curriculum/Curriculum Elective Units.
Assessment Task 1 - Professional Teaching Portfolio (2000 words or equivalent; 50%)
Assessment Task 2 - An investigation of professional learning by individuals within educational systems and settings. (2000 words; 50%)
3 hrs per week
Undergraduate degree; enrolment in Grad. Dip. Ed; or by special permission
EDF5424