Unit rationale, description and aim
This unit will focus on assisting pre-service teachers to develop and apply a critical understanding of a variety of social and cultural contexts, including addressing issues of disadvantage. Pre-service teachers will prepare for teaching experience by engaging with strategies related to classroom organisation and management, lesson planning and assessment procedures which include setting differentiated learning goals. It is expected that a commitment to social justice and inclusivity as well as an appreciation of the sacred will deepen and broaden as an understanding of the diverse religious, cultural and social backgrounds of children is emphasised. Pre-service teachers will form links between theory and practice in a coherent manner as they describe, analyse and reflect upon current practices, develop communication, planning and organisational skills and relate their observations to the theoretical foundations introduced and their developing professional framework.
This unit aims to introduce pre-service to divcerse ways of selecting and implementing appropriate teaching, learning and assessment strategies to address a variety of social and cultural contexts, including addressing issues of disadvantage.