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Faculty of Education and Arts

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 an Exemplary Teacher

  • Unit Code

    EDU4233

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    10

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit provides instruction and opportunity for reflection in a variety of fields that are relevant to becoming an exemplary teacher who uses ICT to best learning advantage.The unit addresses a range of topics, including computer-based, audio-visual, media, and associated technologies. The unit is also concerned with the critical application of approaches to the processes of reviewing, developing, and implementing ICT educational resources. Students will develop an understanding of, and competence in, the application of technologies for the development of educational resources.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Both on-campus and residency mode of delivery available. Selected Pre-service Teachers may complete some aspects of the unit within the residency schools as part of the residency mode of delivery.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the use of technologies, including computer systems and related technologies, appropriate for use in Australian schools, including knowledge and competence in the use of relevant software.
  2. Construct a personal statement that demonstrates reflective thinking on the part of a beginning teacher who is seeking excellence in their work.
  3. Demonstrate knowledge and skill in a range of literacies required to teach effectively in Australian schools, both print and digital forms.
  4. Evaluate the use of technologies for the classroom in applying current thinking and principles in instructional design to the design and production of resources for teaching and learning.

Unit Content

  1. Creating helpful feedback cycles for students and reflective practices for teachers.
  2. Review and analyse the National Professional Standards for Teachers.
  3. Skills in a range of literacies - in particular assessment and reflection literacies - relevant for teachers in Australian schools.
  4. The connections between literacies (including assessment and reflection literacies), technologies, philosophies and pedagogies.
  5. Understand assessment principles by developing a healthy approach to assessment.
  6. Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in supporting teaching, learning, assessment and reflection in Australian schools.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, guest speakers, tutorials, workshops, direct observations and micro-teaching.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentHow does effective assesssmnet inform learning?60%
Reflective PracticeAssessing teacher development and effectiveness40%

Text References

  • Readman, K. Allen, B. (2013) Practical Planning and Assessment. Australia: Oxford
  • Killen, R. (2007). Effective teaching strategies: Lessons from research and practice. Australia: Thomson.

Website References

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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Faculty of Education and Arts

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 an Exemplary Teacher

  • Unit Code

    EDU4233

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    10

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit provides instruction and opportunity for reflection in a variety of fields that are relevant to becoming an exemplary teacher who uses ICT to best learning advantage.The unit addresses a range of topics, including computer-based, audio-visual, media, and associated technologies. The unit is also concerned with the critical application of approaches to the processes of reviewing, developing, and implementing ICT educational resources. Students will develop an understanding of, and competence in, the application of technologies for the development of educational resources.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Both on-campus and residency mode of delivery available. Selected Pre-service Teachers may complete some aspects of the unit within the residency schools as part of the residency mode of delivery.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the use of technologies, including computer systems and related technologies, appropriate for use in Australian schools, including knowledge and competence in the use of relevant software.
  2. Construct a personal statement that demonstrates reflective thinking on the part of a beginning teacher who is seeking excellence in their work.
  3. Demonstrate knowledge and skill in a range of literacies required to teach effectively in Australian schools, both print and digital forms.
  4. Evaluate the use of technologies for the classroom in applying current thinking and principles in instructional design to the design and production of resources for teaching and learning.

Unit Content

  1. Creating helpful feedback cycles for students and reflective practices for teachers.
  2. Review and analyse the National Professional Standards for Teachers.
  3. Skills in a range of literacies - in particular assessment and reflection literacies - relevant for teachers in Australian schools.
  4. The connections between literacies (including assessment and reflection literacies), technologies, philosophies and pedagogies.
  5. Understand assessment principles by developing a healthy approach to assessment.
  6. Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in supporting teaching, learning, assessment and reflection in Australian schools.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, guest speakers, tutorials, workshops, direct observations and micro-teaching.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentHow does effective assesssmnet inform learning?60%
Reflective PracticeAssessing teacher development and effectiveness40%

Text References

  • Readman, K. Allen, B. (2013) Practical Planning and Assessment. Australia: Oxford
  • Killen, R. (2007). Effective teaching strategies: Lessons from research and practice. Australia: Thomson.

Website References

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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