Professional Experience 1: Introduction to Educators' Practices

Course aim

To enable students as pre-service teachers to develop awareness of the social and community contexts of educational settings; awareness of students as learners, the roles of teachers, in providing for childrens learning and welfare.

Course content

The students will develop their knowledge of themselves as learners, the social, community, economic and political contexts of educational service provisions; the role of teacher and the organisation, policies and practices and relationships that are central to educational learning environments, including child protection and well-being issues. They will begin to develop skills in relationship building, observation, teaching individuals and small groups, and reflecting on learning and practice on their supervised placement.

Textbook(s)

Ewing, Robyn; Kervin, Lisa; Glass, Gobby, Brad; Le Cornu, Rosie; Groundwater-Smith, Susan 2020, Teaching: Dilemmas, Challenges and Opportunities, 6th edn, Cengage Learning Australia Pty Limited, South Melbourne

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Complete the UniSA Literacy and Numeracy Self-evaluation and the Responding to Abuse and Neglect (RAN) 7-hour training (by approved providers) and designated first aid training (by approved providers) to be eligible to proceed to Field Placement (Professional Experience Placement). The 7-hour RAN training must be completed whilst enrolled within the Initial Teacher Education program.

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 11 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 11 weeks
Field Placement (Professional Experience Placement)	8 hours (or as required) x 10 days
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	1 hour x 11 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 11 weeks
Field Placement (Professional Experience Placement)	8 hours (or as required) x 10 days
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External (Online learning activities)	3 hours x 11 weeks
External (Professional Experience Placement)	8 hours (or as required) x 10 days
INTERNAL, MT GAMBIER
Lecture	1 hour x 11 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 11 weeks
Field Placement (Professional Experience Placement)	8 hours (or as required) x 10 days
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Lecture	1 hour x 11 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 11 weeks
Field Placement (Professional Experience Placement)	8 hours (or as required) x 10 days

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

Assessment

Placement, Portfolio, Presentation, Reflection

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

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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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.