Unit of Study TCHR5007 Professional Experience I - Secondary (2025)

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Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

0
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

Yes

Co-requisites

EDUC5012 - Education and Practice: Ways of Teaching and Learning
Anti-requisites

EDUC5002 - The Learning Environment

Enrolment information

Students MUST achieve a Pass grade in EDUC5012 Education and Practice: Ways of Teaching and Learning to commence the professional experience placement. All students are required to meet participation requirements including compulsory attendance at the residential, either online or face to face. Students MUST provide evidence of compliance for all placement requirements prior to attending professional placement. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/education/education-profession/professional-experience/ Only ONE placement can be completed in a Term unless approval has been granted by the Director of Professional Experience.

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to develop their learning and teaching by being immersed in a Secondary school environment. Before the placement, students undertake an orientation to prepare for the expectations and requirements of the professional environment. During the placement, students record and reflect on their experiences as informed by relevant course content and professional standards and principles. After the placement, students submit a logbook as evidence of their engagement in the professional environment.

Unit content

This placement unit consists of two phases, with the placement days being situated in the second phase.

Orientation Phase

Professional expectations and requirements
Revisiting professional standards and principles
Revisiting course themes and concepts
Recording experiences

Placement Phase

Observation and application of standards, principles and practices

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Dual Term2,3	Dual Term2,3
Perth	N/A	Dual Term3

Learning outcomes

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. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand and meet the expectations and requirements of a professional environment.

understand, observe and apply standards and principles in a professional environment.

critically record relevant examples of professional practice.

critically and creatively reflect on professional experiences.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Placement (once)

Residential 8 hours (once)

Assessment
Quiz	SR
Report	SR
Participation	SR

Teaching method

Placement 15 days (once)

Residential 8 hours (once)

Assessment
Quiz	SR
Report	SR
Participation	SR

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Fee information

Domestic

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