ETP303 - Curriculum and Pedagogy
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Warrnambool, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Students enrolled in course version E359.4 (offering years 2012-2025): ETP301 or ETP300 Students enrolled in course version E359.5 and E359.6 (offering years 2017-): ETP300 |
| Corequisite: | Students must be enrolled in course E359 |
| Incompatible with: | ETP302 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week
NIKERI (CBD): 3 x 6-hour on-campus intensive (workshops/seminars) per trimester 8 x 1-hour online seminars per week for 8-weeks |
| In-person attendance requirements | Students who commenced 2021 or prior - 10-days on-site professional experience (placement) per trimester. Students who commenced from 2022 - 10-days on-site professional experience (placement) per trimester. For the most up-to-date advice regarding your professional experience (placement) please see here. |
| Note: | *Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus) |
Content
This unit introduces students to curriculum and pedagogy theory, and considers the role of teachers as curriculum workers. Pre-service teachers will analyse a range of political, populist, and theoretical positions related to curriculum and pedagogy, and put forward their own aspirations as curriculum workers.
They will investigate how to plan for student learning in light of leading theories about learning and student agency, and they will explore some key curriculum and pedagogical frameworks that are influential in schools both nationally and globally.
Pre-service teachers will utilise the diverse resources that students bring to plan for and implement effective teaching and learning by establishing challenging learning goals, effectively structuring and sequencing learning programs and choosing and using appropriate teaching strategies and resources.
They will examine why the rationale of any curriculum and pedagogical approach is central to all educational practice and they will design praxis to provide experiences which can be justified as offering educative value for all students in local and global contexts.
During the 10-day placement, students will practice the implementation of the planning cycle with a small group of focus children. They will assess and analyse their learning to set learning goals that provide achievable challenges for the varying abilities and characteristics of the children, and respond to these through planning, implementation and evaluation of learning experiences. Throughout these tasks, students will critically analyse and reflect on their professional practice and teaching identity alongside their mentor teacher.
Hurdle requirement
Professional experience is a requirement of the Victorian Institution of Teaching for the preparation of teachers. In this unit you will complete 10 or 15 days of the required 80 days for the Bachelor of Education (Primary). Satisfactory completion of the professional experience is required in order to pass this unit.
Unit Fee Information
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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Commonwealth Prac Payment
From 1 July 2025, the Australian Government is intending to introduce the Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) to assist eligible students with costs related to mandatory placements in higher education courses for teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work.