• Students should be aware of and apply the University policy on academic honesty (see: https://policies.mq.edu.au/document/view.php?id=3) 

• Unless a Special Consideration (see: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/special-consideration) request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of‚ 0 (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11:55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue. This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc).  

• Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.  

• Please format assessments using 12-point font and 1.5 spacing. 

• All assessments are submitted electronically. Turnitin plagiarism detection software is used to check all written assessments. 

• Students can use Turnitin’s Originality Report as a learning tool to improve their academic writing if this option is made available in the unit. 

• Students should carefully check that they submit the correct file for an assessment as no re-submissions will be accepted after the due date and time, including instances where students upload an incorrect file in error. 

• Word limits are strictly applied. Work above the word limit will not be marked.  

• All assessments are marked using a clear marking scheme or a rubric. 

• Marking of all assessments is moderated by the Unit Convenor. 

• Applications for extensions must be made via AskMQ (https://ask.mq.edu.au/).  

• It is not the responsibility of unit staff to contact students who have failed to submit assessments. If you have any missing items of assessment, it is your responsibility to make contact with the unit convenor. 

A Note on AI Use in this Unit

AI cannot be used for quizzes. While AI can be useful to conduct searches for information, your assignments cannot report content generated by a third party or AI sources. Please note that information or references generated by a third party or AI (e.g. multisearch, Google Scholar, Chat GPT, etc.) needs to be checked for accuracy and reliability. AI and third party information generators are notorious for providing wrong, false, and incomplete information.

Units with Quiz Assessments 

Quizzes are an individual assessment task and MUST BE COMPLETED by each student individually. Similarities in responses between students will be checked and investigated for possible collusion.  

University policy on grading 

Criteria for awarding grades for assessment tasks 

Assignments will be awarded grades ranging from HD to F according to guidelines set out in the University's Grading Policy. For Professional Experience (PEx) units the PE Report is marked as satisfactory or unsatisfactory and the Teaching Performance Assessment (in final PE units) is marked as not meets, meets or exceeds.  

Descriptive Criteria for awarding grades in the unit 

To meet the unit outcomes and successfully pass this unit, students should attempt all assessment tasks.  

Note: If you fail a unit with a professional experience component, the fail grade will be on your transcript irrespective of the timing of the placement. 

Withdrawing from this unit 

If you are considering withdrawing from this unit, please seek academic advice via https://ask.mq.edu.au before doing so as this unit may be a co-requisite or prerequisite for units in the following sessions and may impact your course progression. 

Results 

Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit https://ask.mq.edu.au 

Required Reading 

The following book is a REQUIRED reading in this unit:

Welch, A., Mockler, N., Bagnall, N., Burns, K., Cuervo, H., Low, R., Stacey, M., Foley, D., Groundwater-Smith, S., Harwood, V., Proctor, H., Rawlings, V., Wilson, B. & Wood, J. (2022). Education, change and society (5th ed.). Oxford University Press. 

A required reading means you must acquire a copy of this reading for use during this unit of study. Please note that various formats of the book are available to purchase including e-book and monthly hire e-book, which may be more affordable. A copy of the e-book is available in the library but this does not allow for extensive copying or downloading. You may consider purchasing second-hand texts but please note we are using the 2022 edition of the book in this unit. 

The unit also has other required readings which are listed in ilearn and will be available in the Leganto tool or easily accessible Online. 

Information about the unit iLearn site   

This unit has a full web presence through iLearn.   

Students will need regular access to a computer and the Internet to complete this unit.  

Weekly access to iLearn is compulsory for all students. Important assessment information will be posted here, as will other relevant unit notices and materials, including a reading template and guide to lecture note taking to assist your studies. 

Various activities and materials for discussion and critical reflection are included and students are especially encouraged to use this web component. Electronic links and suggested references will be included in the Resources section. Please check the iLearn unit regularly.  

Weekly lectures are available on the web through iLearn. You must listen to all lectures. 

PowerPoint slides are available in iLearn in advance of the weekly lecture and/or are available in the weekly tabs.  

Access and technical assistance  

Information for students about access to the online component of this unit is available at https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/index.php. You will need to enter your student username and password. 

Please do NOT contact the Unit Convenor regarding iLearn technical help.  

Assistance is available from IT Helpdesk  

Ph: 9850 4357 or 1800 67 4357  

Log a request: help.mq.edu.au. 

On Campus: Ground floor at 18 Wally’s Walk 

Structure 

The unit structure can be found in the University timetable  Creating your timetable - Enrolling | Macquarie University, Sydney (mq.edu.au). This structures includes ONE (1) recorded online lecture that you must listen to and ONE (1) weekly tutorial that you are expected to attend. There are two modes of tutorial attendance and you should select either the face-to-face classroom mode or the online mode, depending on your unique learning needs.  In the tutorial students will discuss issues and questions arising from the lectures and prescribed readings and will complete activities and colloborate with peers in small groups. Students are expected to base their arguments/discussions on evidence from the published research and other relevant material. we supply in the unit. There will be a supporting iLearn site for the unit providing additional readings, links and materials.  

The weekly program for the course with the accompanying readings/ preparation is available on the unit iLearn site. 

Tutorial classes start in Week 1. Please ensure you attend the Week 1 tutorial to be allocated your Weekly Presentation Assessment task including the topic and week this will be due for delivery in your tutorial. 

This is available in the iLearn site.

Each offering, lectures may be updated, readings may be updated and changed, assessment tasks and quiz or test questions are updated and changed. 

The 5Rs Framework, developed by the School of Education at Macquarie University, is embedded throughout your teacher education course.

Your use of the 5Rs Framework will help you develop the capabilities that will make your teaching career sustainable and fulfilling.

In this unit, you will learn using the 5Rs framework in the following important ways:

Resilience: This unit requires students to familiarise themselves with the 5R's and the concept of resilience and students will interact with these concepts; assessment and feedback is a formative process that requires the competencies of self-regulation, self-efficacy and support seeking, which are critical components of our capacity to be resilient. 

Reflexive: This unit teaches key concepts of education in a reflexive stance that requires students to interact with and engage with their own beliefs and understandings of these concepts. 

Responsive: Activities and tasks require students to practise the application of concepts to teaching and learning activities and demonstrate practical and reflexive engagement with concepts. 

Ready to learn: This unit is supported and scaffolded with a structured iLearn site however students must demonstrate readiness to learn by scheduling their own listening time for online lectures/podcasts, completion of weekly readings and activties, and preparedness for tutorials and assessment tasks. Assessment tasks support readiness skills by promoting revision of weekly learning materials and readiness to engage in research to support evidence-based practice. 

Research-Engaged: Unit readings and assessments tasks draw on published and/or peer-reviewed research and students are offered a choice of assessment topics with which to demonstrate research engagement.