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James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020

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ED4389 - Fourth Year Professional Experience B (Singapore)

Credit points:03
Year:2020
Student Contribution Band:Band 1
Prerequisites:ED4388
Administered by:College of Arts, Society & Education

Subject available only to students enrolled in teh Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) at JCU Singapore and who complete professional experience in non-Australian schools.

Subject Description

    This subject is part of the developmental curriculum for professional experience within the Bachelor of Education program. Students will be placed in a school and attend for 25 allocated days, completing a range of activities to develop an understanding of the complexities of teachers' roles. As a culminating experience, students will plan, teach and evaluate a full-time three week block of teaching.

Learning Outcomes

  • participate ethically in a range of activities within a school setting
  • use a repertoire of language and literacy skills appropriate to the teaching profession
  • use professional standards to demonstrate and critically assess professional growth
  • identify, value, analyse and support a range of learner diversity, including learners with special educational needs, in a school setting
  • plan, manage, teach, evaluate a minimum three week full-time equivalent block across all KLAs in ECE and Primary and full-time equivalent across both curriculum areas and including junior and senior in Secondary

Subject Assessment

  • Satisfactory completion of professional experience

Note that 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.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:  ED4489

Availabilities

JCU Singapore, Study Period 51, Mixed attendance, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability)

Census date:Thursday, 09 Apr 2020
Study Period Dates:Monday, 16 Mar 2020 to Friday, 19 Jun 2020
Face to face teaching: (Please check subject outline for dates)
Lecturer(s):
DR Louise Phillips
Workload expectations:
  • 6 Hours - Lectures
  • 25 Days - Professional experience

JCU Singapore, Study Period 52, Mixed attendance, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability)

Census date:Thursday, 06 Aug 2020
Study Period Dates:Monday, 13 Jul 2020 to Friday, 16 Oct 2020
Face to face teaching: (Please check subject outline for dates)
Lecturer(s):
DR Louise Phillips
Workload expectations:
  • 6 Hours - Lectures
  • 25 Days - Professional experience

JCU Singapore, Study Period 53, Mixed attendance, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability)

Census date:Thursday, 03 Dec 2020
Study Period Dates:Monday, 09 Nov 2020 to Friday, 19 Feb 2021
Face to face teaching: (Please check subject outline for dates)
Staff:No staff allocated; see "This Subject In Other Years".
Workload expectations:
  • 6 Hours - Lectures
  • 25 Days - Professional experience