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.

Please note that there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2023 Units. All assessment changes will be published by 20th February 2023. All students are reminded to check the handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Becoming a Teacher
  • Unit Code

    EDU1010
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Rikki JAMES

Description

This unit will integrate educational research with students' personal perspectives on teaching as the basis for them discovering, reflecting and refining their personal theories of teaching. It will also explore the changing nature of teachers work as a response to historical, contemporary and future expectations for schools. In developing an understanding of the process of becoming a teacher the unit will present teaching as a principled practice that affects the prospects for a more equitable and just society.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On-Campus based unit with unit materials available on `LMS'.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded EDS1101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Compare local, national and global perspectives on the changing nature and purposes of education.
  2. Describe historical and contemporary influences that have shaped our current approach to resourcing sustainable educational systems.
  3. Identify the attitudes, beliefs and values they have about teaching, learning and the outcomes of schooling.
  4. Identify the features of effective instruction, student learning and assessment.
  5. Research theoretical approaches to teaching and student learning and integrate these with data gathered on observational school visits.

Unit Content

  1. Beliefs and assumptions about teaching, learning and schooling.
  2. Comparative perspectives on selected aspects of Australian and global education.
  3. Effective teaching, learning and assessment approaches.
  4. Historical, contemporary and future contexts for teaching in Australian schools.
  5. Theoretical approaches to teaching and student learning.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour lecture13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorial13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures Workshop/seminars Group discussions Student presentations Skill based workshops

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
AssignmentSee, think, wonder - Reflections on becoming a teacher60%
ExaminationSocial, contemporary and future influences in education.40%

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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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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

    Becoming a Teacher
  • Unit Code

    EDU1010
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Rikki JAMES

Description

This unit will integrate educational research with students' personal perspectives on teaching as the basis for them discovering, reflecting and refining their personal theories of teaching. It will also explore the changing nature of teachers work as a response to historical, contemporary and future expectations for schools. In developing an understanding of the process of becoming a teacher the unit will present teaching as a principled practice that affects the prospects for a more equitable and just society.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On-Campus based unit with unit materials available on `LMS'.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded EDS1101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Compare local, national and global perspectives on the changing nature and purposes of education.
  2. Describe historical and contemporary influences that have shaped our current approach to resourcing sustainable educational systems.
  3. Identify the attitudes, beliefs and values they have about teaching, learning and the outcomes of schooling.
  4. Identify the features of effective instruction, student learning and assessment.
  5. Research theoretical approaches to teaching and student learning and integrate these with data gathered on observational school visits.

Unit Content

  1. Beliefs and assumptions about teaching, learning and schooling.
  2. Comparative perspectives on selected aspects of Australian and global education.
  3. Effective teaching, learning and assessment approaches.
  4. Historical, contemporary and future contexts for teaching in Australian schools.
  5. Theoretical approaches to teaching and student learning.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour lecture13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorial13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures Workshop/seminars Group discussions Student presentations Skill based workshops

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
AssignmentSee, think, wonder - Reflections on becoming a teacher60%
ExaminationSocial, contemporary and future influences in education.40%

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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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