Reflective Practice 1

Course aim

To enable students to develop skills in critically thinking about and engaging in educational practice.

Course content

Initial teaching skills; qualities of arguments; analysis of professional knowledge; the identification of personal values, their relationship to current educational purposes and practices; the way personal values give rise to conceptions of social justice; justifying a concept of social justice; ethical implications of teaching; relativism about values and its limitations; critical analysis of some aspects of current educational policies, guidelines and practices, as they pertain to the practicum.

Textbook(s)

Groundwater-Smith, S, Ewing, & R, Le Cornu 2011, Teaching challenges and dilemmas, 4th edition, Thomson Nelson Pty Ltd, Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	2 hours x 4 weeks
Workshop	2 hours x 8 weeks
Field Placement (Professional Experience Placement)	10 days x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Learning log/Journal, Professional experience placement, Reflective report

Note: This is a non-graded course and your result will be a pass or fail.

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.