Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to undertake teaching responsibilities and practise basic teaching skills in middle level grades for daily periods ranging from two hours to a half-day in duration; discuss and compare their off-campus experiences with the experiences of other students, reflecting on the teaching and class management styles they have encountered, exploring why teachers utilise different approaches and strategies; discuss typical day-to-day inter-relationship problems encountered by teachers dealing with parents, teachers, pupils, school administration and the community; demonstrate an understanding of simple disciplinary strategies conducive to maintaining classroom discipline and management; examine and discuss alternative theories and approaches to discipline, with particular emphasis on the decisive discipline approach.
Synopsis This subject consists of two complementary strands. The strand `A' off-campus program involves a wide range of teaching and classroom management responsibilities for the middle level primary grades, both within the classroom and in outdoor and special education settings. The on-campus sessions explore problems affecting teacher-pupil, teacher-parent, and teacher-administrator relationships. The aim of strand `B' is to enable students to examine issues relating to classroom discipline and the impact of pupil behaviour on classroom organisation and pupil achievement.
Assessment Practice-teaching (strand `A', off-campus): 48% + Practical class exercises (strand `A', on-campus): 12% + Examination (strand `B', on-campus): 28% + Assignment: 12%