ED5229 - Professional Experience Extension

Credit points:	06
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Education

Available only to students enrolled in the Master of Teaching.

This subject is part of the developmental curriculum for professional experience within the Master of Teaching program. Students will be allocated a school and attend for 20 to 25 allocated days, completing a range of activities to develop an understanding of the complexities of teachers roles and the changes that occur over the school semester. As a culminating experience, students will plan, teach and evaluate a full-time 3 (three) week block of teaching. In association with this teaching block, students will undertake a research project aimed at analyzing and evaluating their own growth in relation to professional standards.

Learning Outcomes

• plan, teach, evaluate a minimum 3 (three) week continuous full-time equivalent block across all KLAs in primary, and full-time equivalent across both curriculum areas and including junior and senior in secondary contexts;
• to develop collaborative ethical relationships with all partners in the professional context;
• use professional standards to critically assess professional growth and incipient teacher identity.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner.

Prerequisites:

ED5228

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 11-Jul-2008
Face to face teaching 07-Jul-2008 to 08-Aug-2008
Coordinator:	Ms Helen McDonald
Contact hours:	5 hours workshops/Seminars 25 days professional experience
Assessment:	presentations.
Special Assessment Requirements:	Students must attend for the required number of days towards meeting requirements for registration by Queensland College of Teachers.
Cairns, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 11-Jul-2008
Face to face teaching 07-Jul-2008 to 08-Aug-2008
Coord/Lect:	Dr Pauline Taylor.
Contact hours:	5 hours workshops/Seminars 20 days professional experience
Assessment:	presentations.
Special Assessment Requirements:	Students must attend for the required number of days towards meeting requirements for registration by Queensland College of Teachers.

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.