Classroom Theory and Practice 1

Course aim

To prepare students for the practicum experience by assisting students to develop skills and understandings which make for systematic, rigorous and critical reflection, student’s disposition to think critically about current educational ideas, organisational arrangements and teaching practices.

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; 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)

Marsh, C 2011, Becoming a teacher: Knowledge, skills and issues, 5 edition, Pearson Education, Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop	2 hours x 10 weeks
Field Placement (Practicum)	20 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

Professional experience, Professional folio and reflective writing

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.