EDFE13032 - Professional Practice 3 (Primary/ECE) - Managing the Differentiated Classroom

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

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2026

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).