ED5215 - Integrating Learning and Teaching in Secondary Curriculum

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
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Available only to students enrolled in the Master of Teaching.

This subject prepares students for teaching in, and for contributing to the continual reconstruction of teaching in secondary schools. Students will engage in activities which will develop their abilities to work collaboratively as members of teams, to develop their own personal practical theories for enhancing learning and life outcomes for all learners. Particular attention will be given to varying pedagogic practices, unit planning, assessment and effective establishment and management of learning environments, with a commitment to justice, care and parent and community participation. Students will critically examine assumptions, key features and legal and ethical implications of a range of policies and approaches to research and practices connected to teaching the diversity of compulsory and post-compulsory students in secondary schooling.

Learning Outcomes

• apply a range of theoretical frames to authentic secondary school scenarios and produce effective ethical teaching strategies;
• develop and use literacies for teaching;
• generate a personal philosophy of teaching and learning, informed by current research and policies;
• use that personal practical philosophy to evaluate own teaching.

Prerequisites:	ED5211
Corequisites:	ED5212
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ED4293

Availabilities
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Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coord/Lect:	Professor Angela Hill.
Contact hours:	10 hours 20 hours
Assessment:	(20%); (50%); (30%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.