Undergraduate - UnitEDF4311 - Professional contexts 1

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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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Monash Passport category	Internship (Act Program)
Offered	Gippsland First semester 2015 (Day) Peninsula First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Margaret Plunkett (Gippsland); Dr Judy Williams (Peninsula)

Synopsis

This unit locates students in the life and culture of the school. It prepares them for professional practice by giving them the opportunities to plan and implement whole programs, design and manage learning environments and develop professional relationships with students, other colleagues, parents and the wider community. Utilising information and communication technologies (ICTs) in planning for and delivering sessions forms part of this unit. The professional placement enables students to refine and research their own practice and recognise what constitutes best practice in the profession.

Outcomes

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

plan, implement and evaluate learning programs
design and manage learning environments
develop professional relationships with students
liaise with colleagues, parents and community bodies
document their professional learning and experience.

Fieldwork

For double degrees: 20 days' placement; for course Bachelor of Primary Education (Gippsland and Peninsula): 20 days' placement; Middle school option: 5 days' placement (plus 15 days' placement to be completed in a secondary setting)

Assessment

This unit is graded pass grade only (PGO).
Successful completion of placement and allied tasks (2000 words, 50%)
A portfolio (2000 words equivalent, 50%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload comprises:

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

20 days per semester of professional placement

(b.) Additional requirements

limited number of seminar days and in-school tutorials

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Judy Williams

Prohibitions

EDF4105
EDF5110