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PPA2211 First Professional Practice
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Credit Points: 15
 
Description:
This 11 week Integrated Professional Practice unit (including three weeks in schools and eight weeks on campus), is intended as an orientation practicum. It provides pre-service teachers with the opportunity to develop an understanding of schools and schooling from a teacher’s perspective, to start to learn the complex role of a teacher, and to critically reflect and prepare for future practicums. During the practicum it is important that pre-service teachers learn to work collaboratively with mentor teachers, University colleagues and their fellow students and in a way which makes them an asset to the teachers with whom they are to work and learn. Pre-service teachers are required to be available during the scheduled Professional Practice periods as per the School of Education Calendar and to give a full-time commitment to the school during the scheduled days.

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This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets
Y68Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2013 VET: 20/05/2013