Unit of Study TCHR5008 Professional Experience II - Secondary (2025)

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Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

0
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

Yes

Pre-requisites

TCHR5007 - Professional Experience I - Secondary
Anti-requisites

TCHR5002 - Professional Experience I: Enhancing Student Learning

Enrolment information

Students MUST complete a Secondary Curriculum and Pedagogy I unit for their chosen Secondary Subject Teaching area prior to enrolling this unit. Students MUST provide evidence of compliance and health protection 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 practise and develop teaching and learning in a Secondary school environment. Before the placement, students attend a one-day orientation to prepare for the expectations and requirements of the professional environment. During the placement, students record and reflect on their teaching and learning experiences as informed by relevant course content and professional standards and principles. After the placement, students submit a professional experience report as evidence of their competence in engaging with the professional environment.

Unit content

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
Planning and delivery of learning experiences
Reflection on practice

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Dual Term2,3	Dual Term2,3

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 20 days (once)

Residential 8 hours (once)

Assessment
Quiz	SR
Report	SR

Prescribed learning resources

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Fee information

Domestic

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