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EDF4314

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 22 November 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Education

Coordinator(s)

Mrs Dianne Harrison (Gippsland); Dr Judy Williams (Peninsula)

Offered

Gippsland

  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Peninsula

  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit prepares students to enter the profession. They continue to develop their ability to become reflective professionals monitoring their own thoughts and actions. They gain an understanding of employment opportunities, processes and organisational and work conditions. Students gain an appreciation for the importance of emotional, physical, social and spiritual wellbeing. They learn strategies to balance work and life commitments. They have a conscious understanding of themselves as professionals, their relationships with others and the importance of continuing their professional learning.

Outcomes

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

  1. continue to be reflective professionals
  2. confidently seek employment
  3. apply strategies to manage their own wellbeing and appreciate the significance of others' wellbeing
  4. understand and articulate their identity as professionals entering the profession.

Assessment

Managing wellbeing (2000 words or equivalent, 50%)
Multimodal autobiography (2000 words, 50%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

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

  • 24 contact hours per semester

(b.) Additional requirements

  • independent study to make up the minimum required hours per week including readings, completion of set tasks and self-directed learning

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Judy Williams