James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2021

ED4389 - Fourth Year Professional Experience B (Singapore)

Students are required to collect a range of data and evidence during the ED4389 Professional Experience placement which is integral to completing the assessment requirements for ED4090. Available ONLY to students enrolled in the BEd. External available only to External ECE students.

Subject Description

Subject available only to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) at JCU Singapore and who complete Professional Experience in non-Australian schools. This subject is part of the developmental curriculum for Professional Experience within the Bachelor of Education program. Students will complete five (5) allocated weeks (25 days) of professional experience. Professional Experience will be undertaken in a school with children aged 5-8 years. All students will complete a range of activities to assure the Australian Professional Standards for Graduate Teachers. As a culminating experience, students will plan, teach and evaluate a full-time four-week teaching block.

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 all Professional Experience requirements

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.

Special Assessment Requirements

The completion of the required consecutive 25 days of Professional Experience and submission of a Satisfactory grading - Minimum of Graduate Level in all descriptors against the Professional Experience QPERF Report. Attendance at Professional Experience Workshops is an essential component of the integrated Program for Professional Practice.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:  ED4489

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