Curriculum Planning and Assessment: Practicum 2

Overview

This is the second of four professional experience units for the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching). 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 approved mentors. 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) appropriate to the course stage of this professional experience.

Learning outcomes

Teaching methods

Swinburne Online

Assessment

Content

• Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate) Standards 1 – 7.
• Code of Ethics.
• Engagement in a professional practicum under the guidance of a mentor teacher.
• Learning and development, including early brain and physical development.
• Introduction to assessment practices and their relationship to effective learning.
• Learning planning and documentation.
• Forming professional relationships.
• Self-assessment of teaching performance.
• Creating and maintaining a safe and challenging learning environment.
• Using a range of teaching practices and resources.
• Strategies for supporting students’ well-being and safety, including policy and legislative requirements, including safe sleeping practices.
• Strategies for evaluating learning and teaching programs to improve learning.
• Code of Conduct.
• EYLF
• Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
• Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
• Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
• Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes
• Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy
• Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Technical literacy