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EPS3000 Advanced Primary Specialisation

Semester 1, 2023 Springfield On-campus
Units : 1
School or Department : School of Education
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

Staffing

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Requisites

Pre-requisite: EPS2002 or EPS2004 or EPS2005 or EPS2006 or EPS2007 or EPS2008 or EPS2009

Overview

This course consolidates your primary curriculum specialisation studies as a primary or early childhood pre-service educator. The course equips you to teach in each of the learning areas of the primary school curriculum, as well in a subject specialisation. This advanced specialisation course extends your primary curriculum specialisation with the aim of developing the necessary tools to use your expert knowledge in your chosen curriculum area to inclusively meet the needs of diverse students.

This course introduces an evidence-based framework that teaches you how to establish diverse and inclusive classrooms. You will address three significant areas; working with children with special needs, working with children who are EALD learners and working with children who are gifted and talented. In each module of the course, you will learn to, directly and explicitly, apply advanced content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and highly effective classroom teaching of your chosen primary curriculum specialisation.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course student should be able to:

  1. demonstrate knowledge of physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students, including students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, and show an understanding of how this impacts students’ learning (APST 1.1, 1.2, 1.3);
  2. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of strategies for differentiating teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities, including students with a disability (APST 1.5, 1.6);
  3. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of the chosen primary curriculum teaching area, including appropriate links to the Australian curriculum (APST 2.1);
  4. demonstrate an understanding of a range of planning and teaching strategies including the design of appropriate and relevant resources that allow all learners to achieve challenging learning goals that specifically address their needs (APST 3.1, 3.3, 3.4);
  5. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of academic literature in relation to theories of catering for diverse learners, especially in context of the chosen primary curriculum specialisation (APST 2.1);
  6. demonstrate appropriate cognitive, literacy and communication skills, including spelling, grammar, punctuation and APA referencing.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. General Introduction and Overview 10.00
2. Catering for students with special needs 30.00
3. Catering for EALD students 30.00
4. Catering for gifted and talented students 30.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

There are no texts or materials required for this course.

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Written Planning document 1 No 25 1,2,3,4,5,6
Assignments Written Planning document 2 No 25 1,2,3,4,5,6
Assignments Written Planning document 3 No 25 1,2,3,4,5,6
Assignments Written Planning document 4 No 25 1,2,3,4,5,6
Date printed 9 February 2024