ED3498:00
Graduate BEd First Year Professional Experience
Townsville, Cairns
HECS Band 1
4 hours lectures, 150 hours professional experience including approximately 300 hours of James Cook University academic staff contact for the cohort. Full year.
Available to students concurrently enrolled in ED3093 (Early Childhood), ED3193 (Primary) or ED3211 (Secondary) including 9 units in each discipline area from the first degree for BEd (Secondary).
Staff: Dr K Martinez (Townsville campus); Dr P Matters (Cairns campus).
This subject introduces students to the developmental curriculum of professional experience within the Graduate Bachelor of Education. In schools and centres relevant to their specialist sector (Early Childhood, Primary, or Secondary), students will explore what constitutes and influences teachers’ work. They will compile a portfolio of materials based on observations, data gathering, planning, teaching, and managing learning within an ethic of care. Throughout the year, students will also collaborate, co-plan and co-teach with school-based teacher educators, starting with small groups and leading to teaching whole class for whole teaching episodes.
In addition, throughout the year, students will complete 50 hours of voluntary community service which they will document in a log and submit to the Professional Experience Unit.
Learning objectives as for ED3499.
Assessment by a written report on the student’s demonstrated competence in developing teaching skills; completed signed logs of 50 hours of voluntary education community service.