School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Curriculum Enrichment for the Major Secondary Specialisation
  • Unit Code

    CUR6210
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Helen Margaret EGEBERG

Description

This unit consolidates content knowledge and expands curriculum perspectives that have been developing in 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 secondary students, so that Pre-Service Teachers can graduate with some particular, targeted professional knowledge about teaching and learning in their major discipline at this level. The unit also explores 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 teacher's specialisation and commitment to ongoing professional growth.

Prerequisite Rule

Students enrolled in the I91 Master of Teaching (Secondary Education) must have completed EDU6230, EDU6332 and EDU6333, plus one of the following units from their Secondary Major Area of Specialisation: SCE6712,DTE6712, DSE6712, LAN6712, PHE6712, HEE6712, HSS6712, MSE6712, MUE6712, AED6712, CSE6712, LAN6732, LAN6742 or DAE6712.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CUR2210, CUR4210

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the AITSL National Teacher Standards to inform teachers knowledge of students and how they learn.
  2. Critically analyse the required curriculum content to support judgements in how to implement effective teaching, learning and assessment in supportive environments.
  3. Analyse aspects of research in their major learning area, to inform best teaching practice.
  4. Articulate a vision for exemplary teaching in their major specialisation based on the AITSL National Teacher Standards.

Unit Content

  1. Identification of the teaching and learning needs of groups and individuals in a particular learning area.
  2. Preparation of a deep teaching and learning experience that draws on specific skills needed for a teacher's major learning area.
  3. Use and application of research on teaching and learning to inform pedagogical decision-making in a particular learning-area.
  4. Attitudes and practices that support engagement in a vision for teaching in one's major discipline and in continuous professional growth.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportSpecialisation-specific reflection on the curriculum experience60%
AssignmentParticipation in a deep-learning activity40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportSpecialisation-specific reflection on the curriculum experience60%
AssignmentParticipation in a deep-learning activity40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Curriculum Enrichment for the Major Secondary Specialisation
  • Unit Code

    CUR6210
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Helen Margaret EGEBERG

Description

This unit consolidates content knowledge and expands curriculum perspectives that have been developing in 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 secondary students, so that Pre-Service Teachers can graduate with some particular, targeted professional knowledge about teaching and learning in their major discipline at this level. The unit also explores 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 teacher's specialisation and commitment to ongoing professional growth.

Prerequisite Rule

Students enrolled in the I91 Master of Teaching (Secondary Education) must have completed EDU6230, EDU6332 and EDU6333, plus one of the following units from their Secondary Major Area of Specialisation: SCE6712,DTE6712, DSE6712, LAN6712, PHE6712, HEE6712, HSS6712, MSE6712, MUE6712, AED6712, CSE6712, LAN6732, LAN6742 or DAE6712.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CUR2210, CUR4210

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the AITSL National Teacher Standards to inform teachers knowledge of students and how they learn.
  2. Critically analyse the required curriculum content to support judgements in how to implement effective teaching, learning and assessment in supportive environments.
  3. Analyse aspects of research in their major learning area, to inform best teaching practice.
  4. Articulate a vision for exemplary teaching in their major specialisation based on the AITSL National Teacher Standards.

Unit Content

  1. Identification of the teaching and learning needs of groups and individuals in a particular learning area.
  2. Preparation of a deep teaching and learning experience that draws on specific skills needed for a teacher's major learning area.
  3. Use and application of research on teaching and learning to inform pedagogical decision-making in a particular learning-area.
  4. Attitudes and practices that support engagement in a vision for teaching in one's major discipline and in continuous professional growth.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportSpecialisation-specific reflection on the curriculum experience60%
AssignmentParticipation in a deep-learning activity40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportSpecialisation-specific reflection on the curriculum experience60%
AssignmentParticipation in a deep-learning activity40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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