Unit details [EPF]
Education 1
Enrolment code: EPF150
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2, NWC: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2,
Unit description:
Introduces students to an understanding of the intricate relationship between teaching and
learning from different perspectives. The unit focuses on teaching and learning skills –
both academic and personal – and on the use of information and communication
technology (ICT). Students reflect on their own learning experiences in various contexts
and from the teacher’s perspective, as well as on the cognitive, psychomotor and physical
aspects of child development. Key concepts in education such as teaching and
relationships, the nature of teachers’ work, independent learning and student motivation
are examined critically. Students are introduced to various approaches to teaching and to
classroom observation techniques used in monitoring and assessing learning; they are
provided with knowledge and skills for classroom management; and they are helped in
developing critical thinking, learning and communications skills. In the ICT strand,
students acquire personal and professional skills in computing applications for teaching
and learning purposes in the areas and at the levels specified for teachers by the Education
Department of Tasmania.
Staff: Ms J Porteus, Mr A Fluck
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: 2x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial, 2-hr tutorial for IT (26 wks) a further 6x1-hr
lectures spread throughout the year
Coreq: EPT150
Assess: tests, written assignments, seminar presentations, and demonstration tasks in the
ICT strand
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [E3A] OC:
Faculty website: <www.educ.utas.edu.au>
Education 2
Enrolment code: EPF250
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2,
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Unit description:
Enables students to understand basic theoretical and practical issues in communication in
human development, and personal interaction and its relevance to teaching and learning.
Students learn to appreciate the vital role of communication and language in education,
and to analyse school and classroom environments as interactive communicative discourse
where linguistic and communicative failure can lead to educational failure. Students are
also introduced to concepts, methods and issues relating to assessment and evaluation and
communicating with parents and about children’s learning.
Staff: Dr T Lê and others tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 1-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial weekly (26 wks)
Prereq: EPF150
Coreq: EPT250
Assess: test, essay, seminar presentation, online discussion
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [E3A]
Faculty website: <www.educ.utas.edu.au>
Education 3
Enrolment code: EPF350
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2,
Unit description:
Successful participation in this core unit should enable students to gain an understanding
of typical and exceptional dimensions of child and adolescent development relevant to the
work of early childhood, primary and middle school educators. Students are prepared to
ascertain and accommodate needs of the wide range of abilities and cultural identities of
learners. Modules of inclusion and equity and intervention, positive behaviour support,
child development and educational psychology; and schooling, values and reason prepare
students for diverse learner groups in EPT350 School Experience 3 and beyond
Staff: Mr R Andrew, Ms S Thomas, Mr P Davson Galle
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: sem 1 Inclusion/Intervention: 2-hr lecture weekly (7wks), 3x1-hr
tutorials, 1x7-hr workshop; Positive Behaviour Support: 1-hr lecture weekly (7wks), 3x1-hr
tutorials. sem 2 Child Development & Education Psychology: 9 x 2-hr lectures; Schooling,
Values & Reason: 4 x 2-hr lectures, 10 x 2-hr tutorials
Prereq: EPF250
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Coreq: EPT350
Assess: Inclusion/Intervention: 1,500-word essay (20%), 1-hr multiple choice text (15%);
Positive Behaviour Support: 2,000-word narrative inquiry (20%); Child Development and
Educational Psychology: 1-hr multiple choice test (15%), cross-unit development of
teaching materials (10%) (EPF350, EPC350) – pass needed in all modules for an overall
pass
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [E3A]
Faculty website: <www.educ.utas.edu.au>
Honours Dissertation
Enrolment code: EPF400
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2,
Unit description:
Students selected into the honours program (see BEd(Hons) course details) will undertake
this unit. The main purpose of the unit is to introduce students to broad professional and
research issues in Education and to prepare students to undertake a substantial research
study, culminating in the honours dissertation (approx 12,000 words). Students
successfully completing this unit will have undertaken the following: the development of
an appropriate honours research proposal; the development of a substantial literature
review in the area of the student’s dissertation topic; the planning and conduct of a
research study; appropriate data analysis; the production of a dissertation written in an
appropriately scholarly style; and, the public presentation of the research findings.
Students will work with the honours coordinator and their individual dissertation
supervisors to produce these outcomes. In addition, students are required to attend the
honours seminars and to contribute to them through presentations (written and oral),
discussion and completion of work as required by the honours/unit coordinator.
Staff: Ms J Overton
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: 4 hrs weekly seminar and independent study
Assess: dissertation (100%)
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [E4A]
Faculty website: <www.educ.utas.edu.au>
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Education 4
Enrolment code: EPF450
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2,
Unit description:
In semester 1, students address two questions: What should the broad aims of schooling
be? and Who should have the power to decide on such aims? In preparation for a rigorous
treatment of these questions, the skills of argument and argument criticism are addressed.
In semester 2, students are introduced to methods for the integration of information and
communication technology into classroom practice.
Staff: Mr PJ Davson-Galle, Mr A Fluck
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 2-hr tutorial (11 wks sem 1), 7x2hr lectures (sem 1), 6x1-hr tutrorials (sem
2), 5x2-hr lectures on IT (sem 2), 1-hr tutorial for IT (6wks, sem 2)
Coreq: EPF451 and EPT450
Assess: sem 1: essay (15%), essay (35%); sem 2: assignment (10%), assignment (20%),
assignment (20%)
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [E3A] [E4A]
Faculty website: <www.educ.utas.edu.au>
Education 5
Enrolment code: EPF451
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2,
Unit description:
Students
(a)
become conversant with the policies and practices which characterise the
contemporary school sector;
(b)
use lecture and tutorial content of Internship Planning (weeks 8–13) to structure
their planning and management frameworks for EPT450 School Experience 4 (SE4);
specific unit and lesson content is negotiated by students with their internship class
teachers;
(c)
have a clear knowledge and understanding of the legal issues surrounding teaching;
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(d)
critically review and evaluate their SE4 or most recent practicum;
(e)
examine professional educational organisations, becoming familiar with several
education systems of relevance to their state, nationally and abroad;
(f)
understand contemporary school management structures, including up-to-date
knowledge on professional progression, redevelopment and promotion;
(g)
be prepared strategically for the demands a beginning teacher can expect to meet;
(h)
be prepared for the task of job applications and associated skills such as writing
resumes, interviewing and preparing a teaching portfolio appropriate for use in
gaining employment and developing a record of professional learning and
development; and
Staff: Mr R Andrew, Ms S Thomas
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 2-hr lecture (13 wks sem 1), 1-hr tutorial (6 wks sem 1), AEU Legal Issues
workshop (sem 1) 1-hr tutorial (6 wks Prim, sem 1), 2-hr lectures (6 wks, sem 2)
Prereq: EPC350, EPC351, EPC352, EPC353 or permission of HoS
Coreq: EPF450 and EPT450
Assess: 1,500-word Law essay (25%), Internship Planning Structure folder (UP 20%);
Professional Portfolio (UP 20%) and/or Professional Learning Evaluation based on
student’s own activity (25%); participation/attendance (UP 10%)
Required: tba
Recommend: McBurney-Fry G, Improving Your Practicum, Social Science Press, NSW, 2002
Courses: [E3A] [E4A]
Faculty website: <www.educ.utas.edu.au>
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