units

EDF2005

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 22 December 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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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Education
OfferedClayton First semester 2015 (Day)
Peninsula First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Angela Mornane (Clayton); Miss Stella Laletas (Peninsula)

Synopsis

This unit builds on students' initial education studies to further develop and practise their knowledge and skills in planning for teaching, collaborating with peers and building positive and productive classroom environments. One focus is on understanding the professional responsibilities teachers have with respect to developing their practice, and building and sustaining educational relationships with students, professional colleagues, administrators, parents and members of the community in diverse educational settings. Another focus is developing and applying the practical teaching knowledge and skills they are acquiring in their course and during professional experience. Unit learning and assessment tasks require students to engage with contemporary issues in teaching, to develop a critical position on these issues, and to consider the practical applications of this position in their teaching practice now and into the future.

Outcomes

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

  1. further develop their repertoire of teaching skills and strategies that promote purposeful, meaningful, engaging, innovative, creative, intellectually challenging, and authentic learning
  2. learn how to create positive and productive classroom environments which respond to individual needs, issues and dynamics within the classroom
  3. develop effective teaching skills such as planning and organisation; monitoring and assessing learning; meeting diverse student learning needs; effective classroom management; and developing collaborative, integrated and negotiated curriculum
  4. develop a range of specific teaching and learning skills such as reflection, problem solving, negotiation, risk taking, innovation, and creativity
  5. learn how to work effectively with peers, students, parents, school authorities and other educational professionals
  6. explore some of the broader roles of teachers in the life of a school such as meetings, professional development, policy formulation, parent-teacher meetings, extra-curricular activities and community-based activities
  7. develop an awareness of teachers' professional responsibilities, ethics and relationships and the changing nature of the role of teachers and schooling.

Assessment

Individual assignment on planning for learning (2000 words equivalent, 60%)
Group presentation on teaching (2000 words, 40%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • 2 contact hours per week

(b.) Additional requirements:

  • 10 hours of independent study per week

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Angela Mornane

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

Secondary health and physical education
Secondary education

Prerequisites

EDF1303
EDF1304

Prohibitions

EDF2002