013037 Professional Experience 2 (Science)

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UTS: Education: Learning Cultures and Practices
Credit points: 6 cp

Subject level:

Undergraduate

Result type: Pass fail, no marks

Requisite(s): 013021 Professional Experience 1 (Science)

Handbook description

In this subject, students gain professional experience in secondary schools (the subject requires 23 days in a school setting). It provides an opportunity to engage fully in a school experience as teacher, supported by mentoring with cooperating teachers and colleagues. Students observe lessons, team teaches, assist with classes and teach small groups of pupils and classes. Students analyse and modify their experiences in order to improve their practice. They demonstrate knowledge of their subject/content and strategies for effective teaching, including effective planning, assessment and reporting, and demonstrating a range of strategies to create and maintain safe and challenging learning environments through the use of classroom management skills.

Subject objectives/outcomes

Students have opportunities to address specific outcomes/objectives that vary in each professional experience placement. The cooperating teacher, student teacher and university liaison collaborate to determine how best to achieve outcomes in each setting.
Students have:

demonstrated knowledge of subject/content and how to teach that content to their students.
demonstrated that they know their students and how their students learn
planned, assessed and reported for effective learning
communicated effectively with their students
employed a range of strategies to create and maintain safe and challenging learning environments through the use of classroom management skills
implemented a sound program to improve their professional knowledge and practice.
engaged members of their profession and the wider community.

Teaching and learning strategies

Students are required to engage in the varied experiences of a teacher in secondary schools (such as: staff meetings, meetings with parents, sport activities and carnivals, supervision duties [including playground duty], assessment, reporting, professional development sessions, excursions etc.

Content

subject content and how to teach that content to your students.
understanding students and how your students learn
planning, assessing and reporting for effective learning
communicating effectively with students
a range of strategies to create and maintain safe and challenging learning environments through the use of classroom management skills
implementing a sound program to improve their professional knowledge and practice.
engaging with members of their profession and the wider community.

Required texts