· 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.

Units with Exams •

The exam timetable is not typically finalised until mid-semester. Once it is available, please take careful note of the date and time of the exam. No early examinations can be set for individuals. Do not plan leave until you have seen the exam timetable.

• The exam is an invigilated, on-campus exam. Students are expected to be available at the date and time designated in the exam timetable. If you experience serious and unavoidable difficulties at exam time, you can consider applying for Special Consideration. For students who have experienced serious and unavoidable difficulties at exam time, a later supplementary exam will be held, and any such students must make themselves available for whenever that is scheduled.

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 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. The following descriptive criteria are included for your information. 

Descriptive Criteria for awarding grades in the unit 

In order to meet the unit outcomes and successfully pass this unit, students must make a genuine attempt at all assessment tasks. Where any submitted assessment task is considered to be unsatisfactory in this regard, the highest possible final grade that can be awarded for the unit will be 45. 

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 ask.mq.edu.au.

Use of Artifiicial Intelligence

Ensure that any work you submit does not report any content or ideas generated by third parties or artificial intelligence sources.

In relation to AI (such as Chat GTP) you need to decide what is acceptable / not acceptable for your assessments. If a unit/task doesn't explicitly delineate acceptable parameters for AI use, then any amount of AI use cannot be considered a breach nor penalised beyond what would be justified against the rubric. Markers cannot "factor out" the (suspected) AI-generated sections, deduct an arbitrary amount of marks, or claim that the submission is not "the student's own work" for the purposes of academic integrity. These are all formal sanctions that can only be enforced via a breach case, and there is no breach of conduct if the un/acceptable use of AI’s was never specified for that task.

In accordance with the Academic Integrity Policy a student must take responsibility, be proactive, take ownership and hold oneself responsible for ensuring all information and content, including citations and references in their assessment, have been generated and communicated in an ethical, honest and responsible manner. Failure to show responsibility by checking the accuracy and integrity of your own content, citations and references, or the submission of falsified content, is a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy. 

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 enrolled in INFQ mode are especially encouraged to use this web component. Electronic links and suggested references will be included in the Resources section or under weekly tabs. Please check the iLearn unit regularly.  

Most times there will be 2 lectures per week: Lecture A focuses on the application of theory and research in practice (approx 30 mins), while Lecture B addresses theoretical bases and research perspectives (approx 30-40 minutes).  Both lectures are pre-recorded will be be availalble under the relevant weekly tab on iLearn. Slides to accompany the lectures are also provided. We recommend that you listen to all lectures, and make notes while you listen to help with your study.

For Frequent attendees, weekly tutorials will be 2 hours long. You are expected to attend every tutorial and engage with your peers and teacher. Rolls will be marked every week. 

For Infrequent attendees, you will be required to attend ALL on-campus days. Keep up with weekly lectures and readings.  Rolls will be marked at each on campus day.

In tutorials / on campus days, students will discuss issues and questions arising from the lectures and prescribed readings. Readings will be available via Leganto.

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

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 

Email: help.mq.edu.au.

On Campus: Ground floor at 18 Wally’s Walk

Structure

The unit structure can be found in the university timetable https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2024/ 

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

An overview of weekly content will be available on iLearn.

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

Students will build resilience by engaging strongly with intellectually challenging content relevant to teaching. Students will draw on social and structural supports including meaningful interaction with a range of peers as well as teaching staff in the unit.

Reflexive

Students will:

*discuss the ways in which mathematics activities can be adapted to meet the learning needs of all students in their classroom

*discuss their beliefs/attitudes towards mathematics and mathematics learning, and use it to reflect how they change during the course.

Responsive

Students will analyse a child's responses to a range of numeracy questions, and then design an activity to support the student's understanding (Assessment 1) 

Ready to learn

Participate and contribute to discussions and activities in tutorials.

Research engaged

In Assignment 1, students will analyse a child's responses and then use academic literature as a basis for their learning activity.