311467 (v.1) Professional Practice in Secondary Education 560

Area:	School of Education
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Workshop:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Clinical Practice:	1 x 4 Weeks Once-only
Syllabus:	Orientation to the complexities of the teaching profession. Examination of what it means to be an effective secondary school teacher and ways in which the interactions between the teacher, learner and environment affect learning. Students will be introduced to a range of teaching and management strategies and apply these and their knowledge of effective teaching to the planning, teaching and evaluation of learning experiences. Students will undertake an extended school placement where they will observe teachers and teach a class-load of up to 50% of that of a full-time teacher.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	070300 Curriculum and Education Studies (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2009	Esperance Community College	Semester 1
2009	Geraldton University Centre	Semester 1
2009	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 1
2009	Pilbara TAFE Karratha	Semester 1
2009	Pilbara TAFE Sth Hedland	Semester 1
2009	UWA Albany Centre	Semester 1

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External