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 and learning in the Middle Years of Schooling with a focus on pedagogy, curriculum and assessment. The course provides understandings of the professional, industrial and 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 and legal responsibilities.
