Introduction to Curriculum Planning and Assessment: Practicum 1
Duration:
1 Teaching Period
Unit Code:
EDU10001
Contact Hours:
Recommended 10 hours of theory study per week plus 20 days of placement
About this unit
In this unit, pre-service teachers will undertake 20 days of professional experience in an approved early childhood setting, with children aged two to five years under the supervision of an approved mentor/registered teacher. The unit provides pre-service teachers with knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to teach children effectively. Pre-service teachers will gain knowledge about a variety of theoretical approaches to curriculum and assessment and become familiar with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and demonstrate competence against all the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) appropriate to the course stage of this professional experience.
Placement
Type: Early Childhood Setting
Age Group: 2–5 years of age
Duration: 20 days
Minimum Attendance: 7.5 hours per day excluding breaks. Must include 5 hours contact time with children and 2–3 hours of planning or non-contact time per day
Content
- Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate) Standards 1-7
- Code of Ethics/Code of Conduct/Fitness to Practice
- How children learn in the early years, including early brain and physical development.
- Teaching with intention
- Expectations for young children
- Self-assessment of teaching
- Learning experiences
- Promoting confidence and engagement in learning
- Adapting teaching methods to the young children’s skills, knowledge and interests
- Demonstrating an awareness of children’s interest contemporary technologies
- Recognising individual difference and supporting learning accordingly
- Engaging collaboratively with colleagues and contributing to reflective practice
- Planning for and assessing children’s learning in the early years
- Creating and maintaining safe, healthy and challenging early years learning environments, including safe sleep practices.
- Using relevant documents to plan, implement and evaluate learning experiences
- Intervening effectively to encourage appropriate behaviour and deal with inappropriate behaviour
- Relevant national and/or state or territory curriculum and framework documents
- Family partnerships-strategies for communication with families
- Links between theory, research and practice
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