Available in 2024
Course code

EDUC4750

Units

10 units

Level

4000 level

Course handbook

Description

This course addresses professional skill development in curriculum design through professional engagement and reflection on and for action.


Availability2024 Course Timetables

Callaghan

  • Semester 1 - 2024

Ourimbah

  • Semester 1 - 2024

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Identify issues of context to direct curriculum design.

2. Identify assets of community to construct curriculum.

3. Communicate effectively with community to engage in planning and implementation of curriculum.

4. Plan strategies to engage community in curriculum implementation.


Content

  1. Locating professionalism through contextualised practice
  2. Curriculum building through community asset analysis

Requisite

Enrolment in this course is dependent on meeting the Teacher Education Admission Milestone which requires meeting at least one of the following criteria:

- Three HSC Band 5s (including one in English), or

- Successful completion of 80 units of courses at the University of Newcastle, or

- Regulatory authority approved comparable pathways, or

- Commencement in the program prior to 2016.


Assumed knowledge

EDUC1048, EDUC1050, EDUC2102, EDUC2103, EDUC2186, EDUC2748, EDUC2749, EDUC2746, EDUC2747, EDUC2744, EDUC3186, EDUC3745, ABOR3500, EDUC3026, EDUC3748.


Assessment items

Project: Projects - Part A & B

Quiz: Quiz


Contact hours

Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan

Lecture-1
  • Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
  • Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.

Semester 1 - 2024 - Ourimbah

Lecture-1
  • Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
  • Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.

Course outline