units

EDF1103

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 20 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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0 points, SCA Band 2, 0.000 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Education
OfferedPeninsula First semester 2015 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit monitors fieldwork taken concurrently with EDF1174 Foundations of outdoor education and environmental studies. Students develop their experiential knowledge and skills in outdoor environments and apply, question, test and consolidate theories and concepts they are exploring in EDF1174. These experiences also provide students with the opportunity to build competencies in the professional requirements associated with fieldwork provision in outdoor education and environmental studies, that is, in the conduct of outdoor activities, safe planning, risk management and experience in the logistical support required for the provision of fieldwork programs.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. adapt experiential knowledge and skills in diverse outdoor environmental contexts
  2. demonstrate skills to review and analyse individual learning needs in professional practice
  3. complete the required number of days of fieldwork experience and the activities specified in the fieldwork experience guides for this unit
  4. record, through a fieldwork experience logbook, their field-based learning and self-reflections on their developing knowledge and skills in professional practice.

Fieldwork

5 days of fieldwork experience

Assessment

This unit is graded pass grade only (PGO).
Fieldwork experience logbook

Workload requirements

Students complete:
(a.) 3-hour workshop briefing on information that pertains specifically to the fieldwork experience component
(b.) minimum of 5 days of fieldwork experience in a Victorian National Park or environmental reserve

See also Unit timetable information

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Secondary health and physical education

Co-requisites

EDF1174