EDUC3800
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course will address intercultural understanding by enabling students to travel abroad to visit schools and/or teacher training situations in appropriate countries. Students will engage in Work Integrated Learning in these situations. Students will develop skills in cultural awareness before they visit the site and will reflect on the growth or otherwise of these understandings when they return. It will directly address the ACARA Australian Curriculum General Capability of Intercultural Understanding and the Sustainability perspective of the Australian curriculum.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Summer 2 - 2024
- Semester 1 - 2024
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Develop cultural awareness of designated Study Abroad country including some basic language, literature, history, geography and cultural studies.
2. Visit designated country and participate in activities with students and/or teachers in that country, usually assisting in teaching classes and also meeting and engaging with members of the teaching profession there.
3. Reflect on their experiences in terms of good teaching principles from an Australian perspective but also acknowledging how others may see teaching differently.
4. Reflect on the barriers and supports that influence intercultural understanding.
Content
- Cultural awareness of designated Study Abroad country including some basic language, literature, history, geography and cultural studies.
- Visiting designated country and participating in activities with students and/or teachers in that country, usually assisting in teaching classes and also meeting and engaging with members of the teaching profession there.
- Reflecting on experiences in terms of good teaching principles from an Australian perspective but also acknowledging how others may see differently.
- Reflecting on the barriers and supports that influence intercultural understanding.
Requisite
Program Enrolment Rule:
Available to students in the following program(s):
Master of Teaching (Secondary) [11715]
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [12340]
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary)(Honours) [12366]
Bachelor of Teaching (Primary)(Honours) [12367]
Bachelor of Teaching (Humanities)(Honours) [12368]
Bachelor of Teaching (Health and Physical Education)(Honours) [12370]
Bachelor of Teaching (Mathematics)(Honours) [12371]
Bachelor of Teaching (Science)(Honours) [12372]
Bachelor of Teaching (Technology)(Honours) [12373]
Bachelor of Arts [40096]
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary) [40105]
Bachelor of Education (Primary) [40106]
Bachelor of Education (Secondary) [40107]
Bachelor of Education (Secondary)(Honours) [40108]
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary)(Honours) [40109]
Bachelor of Education (Primary)(Honours) [40110]
Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Arts [40120]
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.
Assumed knowledge
Minimum of 160 units of undergraduate study
Assessment items
Project: Task 1
Project: Task 2
Contact hours
Summer 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Field Study-1
- Online 120 hour(s) per term
- Participation in Study Abroad program - 2 weeks approximately*Fieldwork hours may be subject to change, please refer to your specific course outline.
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 6 hour(s) per term
- *Lecture hours may be subject to change, please refer to your specific course outline
Online Activity-1
- Online 4 hour(s) per term
- Online discussion forums and interactive participation, multiple sessions to total 4 hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Field Study-1
- Online 120 hour(s) per term
- Participation in Study Abroad program - 2 weeks approximately*Fieldwork hours may be subject to change, please refer to your specific course outline.
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 6 hour(s) per term
- *Lecture hours may be subject to change, please refer to your specific course outline
Online Activity-1
- Online 4 hour(s) per term
- Online discussion forums and interactive participation, multiple sessions to total 4 hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Field Study-1
- Online 120 hour(s) per term
- Participation in Study Abroad program - 2 weeks approximately*Fieldwork hours may be subject to change, please refer to your specific course outline.
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 6 hour(s) per term
- *Lecture hours may be subject to change, please refer to your specific course outline
Online Activity-1
- Online 4 hour(s) per term
- Online discussion forums and interactive participation, multiple sessions to total 4 hours
Course outline
- EDUC3800 - Semester 1, 2024 (All) (PDF, 199.0 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.