EDV4500 Professional Studies Project

Synopsis

In this course, students will pursue and report on an in-depth project related to a curriculum innovation derived from the relevant curriculum documents which guide their teaching engagement (for example, VET training packages, Queensland Studies Authority Grade 8 to 12 Syllabi or workplace policies and procedures). This curriculum innovation project will be distinctive in that it will differ from the curriculum options already offered within the context of the embedded professional placement. The type of focus necessarily involves the conduct of context analysis, critical engagement with the relevant literature and the design of a teaching/instructional event. Students undertaking this course as part of the do so with the intention of seeking teacher registration in Queensland must focus their work in this course on a project directly related to an issue or development in curriculum or instruction in the formal education system.

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