EMM743 - Teaching Strategies for the Middle Years
Unit details
| Year | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: James Goring |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in D303, D304, E763, E765, E779 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week (weeks to be confirmed) 1 x 1-hour online lecture (recorded) per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit draws on prior curriculum and pedagogical content knowledge and skills to examine a range of evidence-informed teaching and assessment strategies to support the effective teaching in the pre-service teacher’s middle years curriculum area. The unit develops pre-service teachers’ capacity to apply advanced curriculum and pedagogical content knowledge to effectively sequence learning experiences in practical middle years secondary school contexts. Pre-service teachers will learn to select and justify appropriate teaching and assessment strategies relevant to their middle years specialist teaching area and apply advanced knowledge of formative and summative assessment strategies to evaluate senior students’ student achievement. The unit prepares pre-service teachers to critically evaluate and justify the selection of relevant, contemporary middle years learning resources, including the use of ICT to expand curriculum learning opportunities. Strategies to support effective assessment moderation are also addressed and practiced supporting consistent and reliable judgements of student achievement.
Learning outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Curriculum: Apply advanced curriculum and pedagogical content knowledge to effectively sequence learning experiences in practical and theoretical context relevant to the middle years specialist teaching area. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Pedagogy: Select and justify appropriate and effective teaching and assessment strategies to support teaching in middle years curriculum contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Assessment: Apply advanced knowledge of formative and summative assessment strategies to evaluate student achievement in middle years curriculum contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Resourcing: Critically evaluate and communicate justifications for the selection of relevant, contemporary middle years teaching resources, including the use of ICT to expand curriculum learning opportunities in middle years curriculum contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO5 | Evaluation: Discuss strategies to support assessment moderation as relevant to the middle years curriculum context and justify these approaches as effective measures to ensure consistent and reliable judgements of student achievement. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student Output | Grading and Weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative Due Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Group) Middle Years Curriculum Unit of Work | 2500 words or equivalent | 50% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2: Resource Presentation | 1500 words or equivalent | 30% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 3: Assessment and Moderation Reflection Report | 1000 words or equivalent | 20% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for EMM743 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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