Studies in teaching 3 (early childhood)
Mr R T White
4 points
* 2 hours per week
* First semester
* Peninsula
Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to undertake teaching responsibilities and practise basic teaching skills in junior 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; 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 The subject consists of two complementary strands. Strand `A' (off-campus program) involves approximately fifteen days practical teaching, covering a wide range of teaching and class management responsibilities in junior grades. Strand `A' (on-campus program) examines several key teaching methods and strategies including introducing and closing lessons, explaining, questioning, reinforcement and post-lesson evaluation. 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%
*
Examination (strand `A', on-campus): 26%
* Examination (strand `B',
on-campus): 26%
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