EDUC1050
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course provides an introduction to effective teaching practices in K-6 contexts and an understanding of the various discourses and disciplines that inform teachers' practice in primary contexts.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Ourimbah
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Understand the diversity of primary contexts and learners
2. Identify elements of the Quality Teaching model through classroom observation
3. Identify structures to support teaching and learning in K-6 contexts
4. Demonstrate effective professional and collaborative oral, written and technological skills
5. Transform learning activities through understandings of new technologies and multiliteracies
Content
Diversity in K-6 contexts.
Effective pedagogies: Quality Teaching in K-6 contexts.
K-6 national and state syllabus documents and policies.
Structures for learning in K-6 contexts: personalised and group learning, collaborative, arts-based, cooperative & play-based pedagogies.
Teaching and learning through technology in K-6 contexts.
Communication skills for effective teaching and learning.
Requisite
Enrolment in this course is dependent on meeting the Teacher Education Admission Milestone which requires meeting at least one of the following criteria:
- Three HSC Band 5s (including one in English), or
- Successful completion of 80 units of courses at the University of Newcastle, or
- Regulatory authority approved comparable pathways, or
- Commencement in the program prior to 2016.
Assessment items
Project: Classroom Digital Model and Proposal
Quiz: Online quizzes
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Lesson Analysis and SimSchool
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Computer Lab-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.
Live Virtual Lecture-1
- Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.
Semester 1 - 2024 - Ourimbah
Computer Lab-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.
Live Virtual Lecture-1
- Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.
Course outline
- EDUC1050 - Semester 1, 2024 (All) (PDF, 289.0 KB)
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.