Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting
Note: This subject is replaced by EDU234 from Semester 1, 2025 onwards.
This subject provides Teacher Education Students with an opportunity to understand the various discourses that inform teachers’ knowledge and pedagogical practice, as well as critically engaging with models of pedagogy appropriate for the emerging adolescent and young person. It considers the professional role of the teacher in Christian and alternate schools by exploring the NESA syllabuses and ACARA curricular in the light of the Graduate Teacher Standard Descriptors (GTSD). Curriculum selection, assessment and reporting considerations are foundational for programming. This includes adding to the understanding and practice of the development of a teaching scope and sequence, subject development, evaluation and assessment. A range of assessment tools are dissected in order to develop the student’s capacity to design their own assessments for inclusivity and diversity, and to analyse data for effective evaluation of student learning for reporting to parents/carers, so that there are improved learning outcomes for their students.
Quick Info
- Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
- Course code: EDU232
- Credit points: 10
Prerequisites
The following courses are prerequisites:
- EDU102 Foundations in Christian Learning and Teaching or 40 credit points
Awards offering Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting
This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:
- Associate Degree in Education Studies
- Bachelor of Arts (Education Studies)
- Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
- Diploma of Arts
- Diploma of Education Studies
Unit Content
Curriculum Objective
This subject provides Teacher Education Students with an opportunity to understand the various discourses that inform teachers’ knowledge and pedagogical practice, as well as critically engaging with models of pedagogy appropriate for the emerging adolescent and young person. It considers the professional role of the teacher in Christian and alternate schools by exploring the NESA syllabuses and ACARA curricular in the light of the Graduate Teacher Standard Descriptors (GTSD). Curriculum selection, assessment and reporting considerations are foundational for programming. This includes adding to the understanding and practice of the development of a teaching scope and sequence, subject development, evaluation and assessment. A range of assessment tools are dissected in order to develop the student’s capacity to design their own assessments for inclusivity and diversity, and to analyse data for effective evaluation of student learning for reporting to parents/carers, so that there are improved learning outcomes for their students.
Outcomes
- Plan for and implement effective learning and teaching by applying knowledge of curriculum, assessment and reporting and evaluation in the teaching-learning-assessment cycle;
- Analyse the scope of programming in terms of content, learning and teaching, assessment and evaluation;
- Construct an understanding of a range of assessment tools for secondary aged children that can be used in the pre-service teacher’s future career;
- Develop with colleagues a professional learning community to analyse the assessment needs of literacy and numeracy across the curriculum as it applies to their discipline (subject) areas;
- Modify assessment procedures and processes for reporting to parents/carers for increased learning outcomes of the students.
This course may be offered in the following formats
- Face to Face (onsite)
- E-learning (online)
- Intensive
- Extensive
Assessment Methods
- Interview Analysis (35%)
- Individual/Group Presentation (30%)
- Critical Reflection (35%)
