Program Overview

EPT505 Inclusive Education Practicum

This professional experience requires students to demonstrate, in practice, the skills, knowledge, and attitudes developed in the inclusive education subjects covered to date. Supervision will provide affirmation of strength as well as opportunities for improvement in the students' teaching context. The professional experience is 20 days or equivalent (or as specified by an educational provider). This professional experience is the capstone feature for those students undertaking the teaching strand of the course and requires students to apply their learning in the context of an action research project.

Availability

The subject is available in Session 2, with 60 students enrolled. It is offered online and at the Bathurst Campus.

Subject Information

Grading System

The grading system for this subject is HD/FL.

Duration

The subject is one session in duration.

School

The subject is offered by the School of Teacher Education.

Enrolment Restrictions

Enrolment in this subject is restricted to students enrolled in the Master of Inclusive Education or as determined by the course coordinator.

Assumed Knowledge

Students are assumed to have completed ESS440, ESS422, ESS423, and ESS426.

Incompatible Subjects

This subject is incompatible with ESS409.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• meet the requirements of professional experience
• identify the elements that constitute action research
• provide a rationale for using action research in inclusive educational settings
• define and apply the steps involved in the action research process to a case study
• determine valid methods for collection of baseline data relating to the chosen case study scenario
• specify priorities and justify these in terms of the baseline data
• write short-term objectives in an appropriate format for inclusion in an Individual Education Plan (IEP)
• determine strategies and actions to be employed to achieve the IEP objectives
• specify how to collect evidence regarding student progress towards IEP targets
• reflect on results to date and propose an outline for the following cycle with the Action Research Framework

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• Teachers as researchers
• Action research processes and skills
• Action research in practice
• Integrating prior learning from across the course

Workplace Learning

This subject contains a Workplace Learning component.