• Semester 1 (Day)

Synopsis

This  unit, the first of three dealing with pedagogics, the study  of
teaching, seeks to assist student teachers to begin to develop  sound
and personally meaningful theoretical bases for guiding their work as
teachers  in  classrooms.   Areas of study  will  include:  teachers'
knowledge of students, sources and means of acquiring such knowledge,
and its significance in planning and teaching; instructional planning
and   the  design  of  learning  experiences  and  environment;   and
communication in the classroom.  There will be a particular  emphasis
on  the  development of basic skills in planning,  communicating  and
managing.