Pedagogical Issues in Middle Years of Schooling (EDUC6500)
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
2 Lecture hours
1 Tutorial hour
Restricted
Students are required to hold a current 'Blue Card' (Working with Children Check). Applications are available at, and should be submitted through, the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at least 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the semester.
Course enquiries
This course is not currently offered, please contact the school or faculty of your program.
Course description
(EDUC4500 - 20 days practicum) (EDUC6500 - 35 days practicum) This course examines teaching & learning in the Middle Years of Schooling with a focus on pedagogy, curriculum and assessment. The course provides understandings of the professional, industrial & pedagogical issues which beginning teachers encounter in middle years of schooling contexts. These include institutional structures and systems, teachers' professional lives, cultures of teaching, teachers' work, professional ethics & legal responsibilities.
