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| EDU4101 | Foundations of Education 1 | ||
| SCHOOL OF EDUCATION | |||
| Credit Points: 12 | |||
| Description: | |||
| This unit aims to heighten the prospective teacher's awareness of the teaching-learning process and to develop skills as a facilitator and decision-maker. It assumes a model of the classroom teacher as a rational autonomous educator able to make justifiable professional decisions and to develop appropriate strategies for the implementation. Major topics to be studied include lesson planning, teaching skills and strategies, classroom organisation and management, instructional media, learning theory, educational theory in decision-making, structure and organisation of the school system and an introduction to curriculum organisation in Australian schools. Emphasis is placed on relating these topics to teaching practice experiences. Full Unit Outline | |||
| 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: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014