EDU3153: School Experience: Primary BEd

Students undertake a number of days of school-based experience. This is an opportunity to try a variety of techniques and approaches in a classroom context under the guidance of a Murdoch University Supervisor. Students must be currently enrolled in or have successfully completed the relevant curriculum unit to be eligible for a placement in schools. Students enrolled in required curriculum units externally must complete school experience in the Perth metropolitan area.

Related Unit Codes:

EDU3151
EDU3153
EDU3154

Points

Enrolment Options

Murdoch: SP7-external
Rockingham: SP7-external

Assessment

An award of Ungraded Pass or Fail is awarded for this unit.

Contact Time

Total of 15 days in a school, including a 2-week block.

Prerequisites

Enrolment in BEd (Early Childhood and Primary) or BEd (Primary) or BEd (Primary)/BA (Australian Indigenous Studies) and EDU101/1011 Introduction to Teaching; successful completion of EDU285 Primary Curriculum III (Mathematics).
Students must have both a current WA Department of Education National Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 clearance from the Department of Community Development on file in the Murdoch University School Experience (MUSE) Office prior to commencement of this unit.
Students must lodge a MUSE Placement Form by the due date with the MUSE Office to guarantee a school placement.
Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Exclusions

Students enrolled in GradDipEd(Primary) should not enrol in this unit, but rather EDU2151 School Experience: Primary Graduate as recommended in the course structure.

School

School of Education

Unit Coordinator

Mrs Susan Ledger

Position:	Lecturer
E-mail:	S.Ledger@murdoch.edu.au
Location:	Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.008
Phone: Prefix: +618	9360 7476

Unit Contacts

Contact	Phone Prefix: +618	Location Explanation of Location Codes	Teaching Period(s)
Mrs Susan Ledger Lecturer (S.Ledger@murdoch.edu.au)	9360 7476	Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.008	MURDOCH SP7: External (23/08/2010 - 22/10/2010) ROCKINGHAM SP7: External (23/08/2010 - 22/10/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations:
APMISIN	Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore)
CEJTOKYO	Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo)
JKURASHIKI	NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan)
KDUPG	KDU College (Penang, Malaysia)
KDUPJ	KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)
SGP-REPOLY	Republic Polytechnic (Singapore)
SMANUFED	Singapore Manufacturing Federation
ZHENGZHOU	Zhengzhou University (China)