Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Education

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• Unit Title

  Curriculum Enrichment for the Major Secondary Specialisation

• Unit Code

  CUR4210

• Year

  2016

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

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Description

This unit consolidates content knowledge and expands curriculum perspectives that have been developing over four years in the area of students major specialisations, involving them in practical and creative demonstrations of pedagogy at its best. Curriculum coordinators will choose an intensive teaching and learning activity or project for delivery to senior year secondary students, so that pre-service teachers can graduate with some particular, targeted professional knowledge about teaching and learning in their major discipline at Years 11 or 12. The unit also looks at ways to evaluate how teaching impacts upon senior secondary students, thus developing values for evidence-based teaching effectiveness. The unit stresses the importance of continuous engagement with leading edge information in a teachers specialisation, and of his or her commitment to ongoing professional growth.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CUR2210

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate a sense of professional esteem.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the National Teacher Standards, in particular:
3. Describe how aspects of research in their major learning area may inform best teaching practice in Years 11 and 12.
4. Explain their vision for exemplary teaching in their specialisation, particularly for the senior secondary years.
5. Know students and how they learn (Standard 1).
6. Know the content and how to teach it (Standard 2).
7. Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning (Standard 3).

Unit Content

1. Attitudes and practices that support engagement in a vision for teaching in ones major discipline and in continuous professional growth.
2. Preparation of a deep teaching and learning experience for Years 11 or 12 that draws on specific skills needed for a teachers major learning area.
3. The teaching and learning needs of groups and individuals in a particular learning area, in the senior schooling years.
4. Use and application of research on teaching and learning to inform pedagogical decision-making in a particular learning-area at the senior schooling level.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online resources, collaborative group work and discussion, professional reading, independent study and interactive tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Other References

• Specialisation-specific: to be advised by the relevant curriculum coordinator. Please refer to the Curriculum Area Folder (for example, "Visual Art") on the CUR4210 Blackboard site.

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