Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

Field Studies are central to your preparation for the profession, and must focus attention on the theory-practice nexus.Field Studies units are designed in a graduated sequence, culminating in an internship in your final year.
This unit is your second formal supervised experience in the field, and builds on your developing skills as a reflective practitioner. In this unit, you will focus on developing skills for creating effective learning environments that develop learning experiences for language, literacy and numeracy teaching and learning. Identifying and developing understandings of diversity and working collaboratively in professional teams are also foci of this unit.

Designated Unit
This is a designated unit. Designated units are field experience units deemed to be critical to progress in your course. At the end of each semester, if you fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in a designated unit you may be eligible for a period of probation or exclusion.

Aims

The aim of this unit is to provide opportunities for you to develop your pedagogical and curriculum skills as a teacher, including an understanding of the role of philosophy as a framework to achieve reflective thinking, the importance understanding diversity and the role of teamwork within professional practice.

Objectives

On completion of this unit, you should be able to:

1. Design and implement learning experiences that develop language, literacy and numeracy. [QCT Standard 2]
2. Design and implement challenging learning experiences. [QCT Standard 3]
3. Design and implement learning experiences that value diversity. [QCT Standard 4]
4. Contribute effectively to professional teams. [QCT Standard 9]
5. Provide evidence of attaining acceptable standards of academic, professional and personal spoken and written English language literacies relating to this unit. [QCT Standard 2]

Content

The unit includes the following on-campus and field experience topics.
The on-campus component builds on your developing skills as a reflective practioner, including:

Foundations of the philosophical approach

- Preparing for your field placement, including writing high quality lesson reflections
- Recognising, valuing and responding positively to diversity
- Staring your e-portfolio and planning your career
- Determining the language, literacy and numeracy demands of specific curriculum areas.

The field experience component provides the environment and opportunities for developing and refining pedagogical practices, including planning, classroom management, and assessment.You will engage critically with education as a social and cultural practice and design and implement learning experiences that develop language, literacy and numeracy.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

This unit is taught through a series of on campus lectures that prepare you for your field placement in a school setting. Online resources are also provided on the unit Blackboard site. For the field experience placement, you are assigned to the supervision of a teacher in a school, and you are supported in your development of skills and applied knowledge, through a sequence of tasks, assigned by the teacher. You have access to a field placement site coordinator and a QUT University Liaison Academic (ULA). Your ULA will also phone your school site and can be accessed by email and phone calls.

Assessment

To pass this unit you are required to complete satisfactorily both assessment items. All Field Studies units are designated units, that is, students who do not achieve a grade of Satisfactory will have their progress in the course reviewed. Failure to pass a designated unit may result in exclusion from the course.

Assessment name: Demonstration
Description: 20 continuous days of supervised field experiences in an educational setting. Observation and graduated sequence of teaching episodes, for a sustained period of time, ranging from a full teaching session, to a full teaching day or series of days. Includes evidence of developmental progress in relation to Queensland College of Teachers Standards 2, 3, 4 & 9.
Relates to objectives: 1 - 4
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Last day Field Exp

Assessment name: Portfolio
Description: A choice of Group Interview and Presentation of e-Portfolio OR submission of Portfolio showing evidence of developmental progress in relation to Queensland College of Teachers Standards 2, 3, 4 and 9.
Length: 2 hours or equivalent
Relates to objectives: 1 - 5
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Group
Due date: QUT exam period

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Text 1
Cam, P., Fynes-Clinton, L., Harrison, K., Hinton, L., Scholl, R. & Vaseo, S. (2007). Philosophy with young children - A classroom handbook. Australian Curriculum Studies Authority: Deakin West, ACT.

Risk assessment statement

There are no out of the ordinary risk associated with the general conduct of this unit. Workplace health and safety protocols in relation to computer use will apply.

The Commission for Children and Young People Act 2000 (Qld) requires that all students undertaking a field experience as part of this unit will need a valid suitability card or Blue Card which has been registered with QUT before they can commence their placement.

Please refer to http://www.studentservices.qut.edu.au/enrol/course/spec_req/bluecard.jsp for full details and appropriate forms.
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Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 17-Jan-2013