| Semester 2, 2022 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Education |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MSLT or BSED
Pre-requisite: BSED Only - EDS2401
Overview
Teacher professional accreditation demands that secondary teaching graduates have a strong professional knowledge of discipline-specific curriculum and pedagogical studies within chosen their teaching areas. Although there are some common pedagogical approaches across clusters of disciplines, there are also distinctive practices within specific disciplines. This course enables preservice teachers to develop specific knowledges and pedagogical understandings within the Business discipline.
The course begins with preservice teachers exploring specific pedagogies and knowledges related to Business. Building on this, they will then actively constructing their own pedagogical practice and develop professional expertise in delivering discipline specific teaching for learning. The purpose of this course is to move beyond generic approaches of teaching for learning to provide a deep understanding of how to teach in their Business discipline. This course provides the opportunity for preservice teachers to learn how Business content, pedagogy and curriculum fit and work together to provide effective learning opportunities.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course preservice teachers should be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of content selection and a wide range of teaching strategies to identify misconceptions in Business discipline;
- demonstrate an ability to identify Business discipline skills, attitudes, values, and code of conduct;
- demonstrate differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities in the Business discipline;
- demonstrate the ability to select, create and use relevant resources in the Business discipline (including ICTs);
- demonstrate an understanding of providing feedback, assessment and reporting on student achievement and apply well-developed judgement to student work in the Business discipline;
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of literacy and numeracy teaching strategies and their application in the Business discipline;
- demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of maintaining student safety and compliance with legislative requirements in a range of contexts relevant for the Business discipline;
- engage with colleagues, professional teaching networks and broader communities to improve student learning in the Business discipline;
- demonstrate competence in and appropriate use of language and literacy, including spelling, grammar, punctuation and bibliographic referencing.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Know the content and how to teach it | 15.00 |
| 2. | Plan for effective teaching for learning beyond the traditional classroom | 20.00 |
| 3. | Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning | 20.00 |
| 4. | Engage in professional learning and engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community | 20.00 |
| 5. | Ability to identify discipline skills, attitudes, values and misconceptions | 20.00 |
| 6. | Professional educator | 5.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning document | No | 50 | 1,3,4,6,9 |
| Portfolio | No | 50 | 2,5,7 |