Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Director, Professional Learning & Engagement
Dr Iain Hay
Contact via via email
Bld X5B Room 366
appointments via email
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(TEP403(S) or EDTE403(S)) and (EDTE455 or TEP418 or TEP419)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
EDTE456
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Students are required to work in a school for at least 20 days under the guidance of a supervising teacher implementing strategies and techniques being studied concurrently in the 400-level professional units in which they are enrolled.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Practicum Reports | 100% | No | Day 25 of placement |
Due: Day 25 of placement
Weighting: 100%
Students are required to complete the following in order to satisfy the requirements of this unit:
1. Complete 25 days of teaching (As described earlier in this guide)
2. Receive satisfactory reports from Tertiary Supervisor and Supervising Teacher
3. Maintenance of Professional Experience Folder (see below)
3. After completion of the 25 days (20 days for Graduate entry students), the following reports are to be handed in to the Professional Experience Office at X5B390:
These documents are available at:
https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/faculties-and-departments/faculty-of-human-sciences/departments-and-centres/department-of-educational-studies/professional-experience
This is a practicum unit. Students will be teaching in primary classrooms for 25 days. A delegate from the university will evaluate the student after 10-15 days.
UNIT SCHEDULE
This is a school based unit.
This is the last professional experience practicum in your degree. As such, you will be expected to be working like any professional teacher in the classroom to:
Total days to be completed: 25; minimum of 50% FTE teaching load
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*Please note: that the number of required days varies according to your course, the following information has been provided by the professional experience office for your information:
Graduate Entry students complete the three-week block plus 5 additional days soon after the block period, a total of 20 days for EDTE404.
Under Graduate students: If this is your 4th prac and you completed a 10-day placement in second year, you only need to complete a 25 day placement for EDTE404. This comprises of 2 compulsory blocks (three-week block, 23 July to 10 August and a one-week block, September 17 to 21). The additional 5 days can be negotiated with your supervising teacher and competed any time before 2 November.
If this is your 3rd Prac, then you need to complete a 30 day placement for EDTE404. This comprises of 2 compulsory blocks (three-week block, 23 July to 10 August and a one-week block, September 17 to 21). The additional 10 days can be negotiated with your supervising teacher and competed any time before 2 November.
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Undergraduate students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
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.
Macquarie University provides a range of support services for students. For details, visit http://students.mq.edu.au/support/
Learning Skills (mq.edu.au/learningskills) provides academic writing resources and study strategies to improve your marks and take control of your study.
Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.
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When using the University's IT, you must adhere to the Acceptable Use of IT Resources Policy. The policy applies to all who connect to the MQ network including students.
Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
As local citizens our graduates will be aware of indigenous perspectives and of the nation's historical context. They will be engaged with the challenges of contemporary society and with knowledge and ideas. We want our graduates to have respect for diversity, to be open-minded, sensitive to others and inclusive, and to be open to other cultures and perspectives: they should have a level of cultural literacy. Our graduates should be aware of disadvantage and social justice, and be willing to participate to help create a wiser and better society.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be aware of and have respect for self and others; to be able to work with others as a leader and a team player; to have a sense of connectedness with others and country; and to have a sense of mutual obligation. Our graduates should be informed and active participants in moving society towards sustainability.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Date | Description |
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20/07/2018 | Updated web link to the professional experience page More detailed information regarding the number of required days based on course |