Program Overview

Unit of Study EDU10131 - Transition to Teaching

Unit Snapshot

• Unit type: UG Coursework Unit
• Credit points: 12
• AQF level: 7
• Level of learning: Advanced
• Former School/College: Former School of Education
• Co-requisites: TCH10138 - Pedagogy in Practice IV: Professional Pathways
• Enrolment information: N/A

Unit Description

Assists final year education students develop a sense of professional identity to support their transition to the professional world of teaching. Through a student-focused strategy of critical reflection and consolidation, students synthesise the knowledge, skills and attitudes they have acquired throughout their course and present their learning through practical contexts that will also be of benefit in their lifelong learning journey.

Unit Content

• Establish a personal professional identity and professional teaching portfolio
• Professional ethics and values standards in the teaching profession
• Seeking employment as a teaching professional
  • Writing an cover/application letter and curriculum vitae
  • Preparing for a professional interview; supporting evidence
  • Teaching opportunities in Australia and internationally
• Graduate stories

Availabilities

Learning Outcomes and Graduate Attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes.

On Completion of This Unit, Students Should Be Able To:

1. Critically reflect on current and future perspectives on education and contextualise current Australian educational practices with a view to visioning preferred educational futures
   • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
   • GA5: Lifelong learning
2. Demonstrate their developing professional identity exemplifying knowledge, skills, attitudes and values appropriate for a professional educator
   • GA5: Lifelong learning
3. Create a teaching portfolio which includes a philosophy statement, teaching aims, a curriculum vitae, application letter, and reflections and evidence on their performance against professional teaching standards
   • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
   • GA5: Lifelong learning
4. Professionally present themselves at a professional interview
   • GA6: Communication and social skills
5. Communicate professionally and effectively through written, oral and technological means
   • GA6: Communication and social skills

Prescribed Learning Resources

Session 1

• Prescribed Texts: No prescribed texts.
• Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Graduate Attributes

• GA1: Intellectual rigour - A commitment to excellence in all scholarly and intellectual activities, including critical judgement.
• GA2: Creativity - An ability to develop creative and effective responses to intellectual, professional and social challenges.
• GA3: Ethical practice - A commitment to sustainability and high ethical standards in social and professional practices.
• GA4: Knowledge of a discipline - Command of a discipline to enable a smooth transition and contribution to professional and community settings.
• GA5: Lifelong learning - The ability to be responsive to change, to be inquiring and reflective in practice, through information literacy and autonomous, self-managed learning.
• GA6: Communication and social skills - The ability to communicate and collaborate with individuals, and within teams, in professional and community settings.
• GA7: Cultural competence - An ability to engage with diverse cultural and Indigenous perspectives in both global and local settings.