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Professional Practice of Teaching

Weighting Percentage: 60%

Addresses learning outcome(s):

• Critically evaluate sources of professional learning;
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of strategies for communication and collaboration with other professionals, parents/carers and support personnel; and
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the relationship between professional learning and improved student learning.

Task description:

Writing and reflecting on case studies is a useful way to enhance our professional practice and identity. Through exploration of the authentic experiences of self and others, we consider the critical elements of personal professional practice for teaching.

Choose an episode that occurred within a classroom context, either from your professional placements or your time at school, that highlights a professional practice issue of interest. Create the narrative of what happened in this incident (500-700 words).

Analyze the incident in terms of policies, effective teaching practice, professional learning etc, making judgments about effective practice and student well being and / or student learning. Include some recommendations. Eg. How could the policy be changed? How could the school / teacher better interpret and enact the policy? What kind of professional learning would be of benefit here? (up to 1500 words)

Offer a self-reflexive analysis. How has consideration and analysis of this incident enabled you to enhance your knowledge and ideas about professional practice, either through reinforcement or marking the grounds for change. (up to 1000 words)

Scholarly references and connections to the course material are required to underpin the commentary.

Marking Criteria:

Students will be assessed on their demonstrated ability to:

• Discuss and relate issues to professional learning such as ethical practice, professional teaching standards, teacher conduct (10%)
• Critically analyze professional issues and relate to policy and personal practice. These include engaging/working with parents/carers, supporting student needs and participation, seeking and applying feedback on teaching, seeking and improving teacher’s professional knowledge and practice (25%)
• Understand the nature of reflexive processes to improve student well being and / or learning a, professional communication and professional development (35%)
• Apply strategies for communication and collaboration to enhance student well being and / or learning (20%)
• Write with clarity and purpose and adhere to standard academic conventions* (10%)

Rubric for the paper:
The student: i. consistently uses a wide range of terminology effectively ii. demonstrates excellent knowledge and understanding of content and concepts through thorough, accurate descriptions, explanations and examples.
The student: i. formulates a clear and focused research question and explains its relevance ii. formulates and follows a substantial action plan to investigate a research question iii. uses research method(s) to collect and record appropriate, relevant information iv. evaluates the process and results of the investigation.
The student: i. communicates information and ideas effectively and accurately by using a style that is completely appropriate to the audience and purpose ii. structures information and ideas in a way that is completely appropriate to the specified format iii. consistently documents sources of information using a recognized convention.An EXPLICIT link between the topics that you chose to investigate you soldier.
Here are some suggestions of the topics you could investigate based on your soldier’s experience and how he was influenced by the war:
⦁ Developments in technology
⦁ Medicine
⦁ Origin of the soldier
⦁ Conditions of soldiers
⦁ Types of warfare/weapons
⦁ Physiological problems
Don’t feel limited to these suggestions if you find something else that interests you from your soldier’s record, but please check it with your teacher first.
Reflection
You will need to write a reflection on the experience of writing this report. You should address the following topics. Does it influence your historical perspective by researching the individual? What issues. Setbacks or difficulties did you face during this process? Discuss how you planned your investigative process. How successful do you feel you were in linking your soldiers experience with historical information?
Requirements
⦁ 2000-2500 Words
⦁ MLA 8 style works cited list
⦁ Personal reflection
⦁ Report is uploaded to Managebac
⦁ Report is to be submitted in class during the week of 2-6 of December. Check Managebac.
Helpful resources
World War One Pictorial Honour Role of Australians
http://www.ww1anzac.com/
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
http://www.cwgc.org/
Guide to WW1 Battlefields and History of the First World War
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/
Official Histories of the First World War
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/books/ww1-official-history.htm
In Flanders Fields-Names List- Name Search (Provides information in the Battalion that your soldier was in)
http://www.inflandersfields.be/en/namelist/searchname

Marking Criteria
CRITERION A: KNOWING & UNDERSTANDING
⦁ Use a wide range of terminology in context
⦁ Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of subject specific content and concepts through developed descriptions
Mark I can…
0 Not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors below.

1-2 ⦁ Use limited relevant terminology.
⦁ Demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of content and concepts with minimal connection to WWI and personal experience during conflict.

3-4 ⦁ Use some terminology accurately and appropriately.
⦁ Demonstrate adequate knowledge and understanding of content and concepts through satisfactory connections to WWI and personal experience during conflict.

5-6 ⦁ Use a range of terminology accurately and appropriately.
⦁ Demonstrate substantial knowledge and understanding of content and concepts through accurate connections to WWI and personal experience during conflict.

7-8 ⦁ Consistently use a wide range of terminology effectively.
⦁ Demonstrate excellent knowledge and understanding of content and concepts through thorough, accurate connections to WWI and personal experience during conflict.

CRITERION B: COMMUNICATING
Mark I can…
0 Not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors below.

1-2 iv. make a limited evaluation of the investigatory process,

3-4 iv. evaluate some aspects of the process and result of the investigation

5-6 iv. evaluate the process and result of the investigation

7-8 iv. thoroughly evaluates the investigation process

CRITERION C: COMMUNICATING
⦁ Communicate information and ideas effectively using appropriate style and for the audience and purpose
⦁ Structure information and ideas in a way that is appropriate to the specified format
⦁ Document sources of information using a recognised convention
Mark I can…
0 Not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors below.
1-2 ⦁ Communicate information and ideas in a way that is not always appropriate to the audience and purpose.
⦁ Organize information and ideas in a limited way.
⦁ List sources of information inconsistently.
3-4 ⦁ Communicate information and ideas in a way that is somewhat appropriate to the audience and purpose.
⦁ Somewhat organize information and ideas.
⦁ Create an adequate reference list and sometimes cite sources.
5-6 ⦁ Communicate information and ideas in a way that is mostly appropriate to the audience and purpose.
⦁ Mostly structure information and ideas according to task instructions.
⦁ Creates an adequate reference list and usually cite sources.
7-8 ⦁ Communicate information and ideas in a way that is completely appropriate to the audience and purpose.
⦁ Structure information and ideas completely according to task instructions.
⦁ Creates a complete reference list and always cites sources.