Unit Synopsis
In Professional Practice 3, you will participate in tutorials, practical workshops and an assessable classroom placement. The placement comprises a 20-day continuous block to enhance your ability to design, adapt and implement teaching sequences that cater to the diverse needs of learners in mainstream classrooms. You will develop an understanding of the use of assessment for learning as integral to informed curriculum decision-making and differentiation practices. You will apply this knowledge in classroom contexts to modify lesson plans and learning sequences in all curriculum learning areas in response to class profiling data that accurately records the strengths, needs and preferred learning styles of individuals and groups. Alongside this, you will develop formative and summative assessment strategies for monitoring student learning and achieving alignment between curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. During this placement, you will practise the use of a range of teaching strategies including questioning techniques and the provision of timely descriptive feedback to build effective relationships with learners and improve student outcomes.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 1 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite:- Students must have successfully completed EDCU13020 and either EDFE12042 or EDFE11039 Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2026
Term 3 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
To see assessment details from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site.
Term 3 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 91.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 18.05% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Student Feedback and Self-Reflection
Inclusion of placement preparation resources
Review Moodle site to include section for Professional Practice preparation each week.
Moodle site now has explicit weekly preparation for Professional Practice embedded within the learning materials.
Source: Student Feedback and Self-Reflection
Update Moodle resources
Review Moodle site to ensure inclusion of recent resources and research regarding differentiation.
Moodle learning, resources, activities and research have been updated to reflect current research-informed practices.
Source: Student Feedback, Self-Reflection and Staff Feedback (Markers)
Review written assessment tasks
Review written assessment tasks and ensure tasks are clear with aligned criteria, reflect current practices and application of unit learning outcomes.
Assessment Task 2 and Assessment Task 5 have been rewritten with the guidance of Dr Kerry Aprile (ADPP) to reflect preparation needs for the PP3 placement and application of unit learning outcomes.
Source: Student Feedback, Self-Reflection
Review Quiz
Review clarity of compulsory quiz questions and associated settings.
Quiz questions have been reviewed and 35 further questions have been added to incorporate current research informed practices and application to PP3.
Source: Self Reflection and Marker Feedback
Criteria descriptors
Review criteria for Assessment tasks 2 and 5.
In Progress
Source: Self Reflection and Student Feedback
Assessment task 2 template
Review assessment task 2 template.
In Progress
Source: Student Feedback
Assessment task 2
Continue to provide authentic context.
In Progress
Source: Student and Colleague/Peer/Marker Feedback
Unit materials
Continue to refine and adapt unit materials to reflect contemporary teaching.
In Progress
To see Learning Outcomes from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.