Master of Teaching

This is an example of HPE risk assessment for the activities included in the lesson plan to demonstrate: • Understanding of strategies and measures that can be used to minimise the risks associated with planned activities. • Understanding of education sector policies and legislative requirements in this area.

In this example of my report, I was required to provide an overview of the current research and literature on teachers’ health work in school communities and the advocate for the project "Appointment of a specialist health education teacher to every primary school in Queensland". My literature review provides insight into the role of student health and wellbeing strategies in promoting inclusive student participation and engagement in learning. This is a complex piece of writing that takes int...

This is an example of cumulative task. The content is closely linked to the Australian Curriculum: Science. The focus is on developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge as well as direct teaching strategies that provide clarity of intent. This cumulative task includes the following (please refer to this as example only): • A lesson plan including links to the Australian Curriculum: Science, appropriate goals, resources and background notes (brief) (group development); • Commentary on the proce...

This is an example of group task which requires each pre-service teacher to use our knowledge of student learning in the English Curriculum Learning Area to collaboratively design a unit (macro) plan for an allocated year level in the primary school. This example of unit plan is based on the teaching and learning cycle and draw on contemporary curriculum frameworks namely the Four Resources Model and Multiliteracies Pedagogy. This unit plan includes the following: • Contextual considerations...

This example of my pedagogical statement is about learning and teaching English Curriculum on the two areas which I did not focus previously. It as well as draws on my experience of implementing the classroom activities with my group. It also includes evidence-based information and ideas from the course materials and beyond that describes and justifies how I might appropriately teach these two aspects to a higher or lower year level in the primary school.

Part A: Based on my group’s unit plan for an allocated year level in the primary school, each of us preservice teacher will develop a coherent sequence of three lessons. These lessons provide evidence of explicit teaching of key concepts in two of the following areas of the English Curriculum: Reading comprehension/Guided writing/Functional grammar/Vocabulary development. The lesson sequence includes: Student learning goals and lesson objectives; Teaching strategies that support inclusive stud...

In this research proposal (EXAMPLE ONLY): Introduction - It outlines the background to my problem, includes a clear statement of the issue to be investigated, why it is important and how it connects with a professional learning need drawn from the APST (and Primary specialisation). Review of relevant literature - on research findings in the area of my proposed project. It demonstrates my analysis of the research others have done: what were the findings, when and where was the research conducted...

This research report demonstrates knowledge and understanding of research principles, methods and ethics, legislative policies and processes, sources of professional learning and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers; and for MTeach Primary, subject specialisation based on the AC.

For the purposes of this assessment task a ‘resource’ is defined as a teaching aid. A resource could also be a digital application or software that, although not designed for educational purposes, could be used in a classroom to enhance the teaching of English, for example, Minecraft, Google Tools or SecondLife. For this task, I was required to briefly outline my professional learning goals for English teaching, practices and resources at the beginning of the semester; collect a variety of r...

This professional portfolio demonstrates my acquired knowledge in addressing the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers 1.4 and 2.4. The Australian Curriculum has identified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures as a cross-curriculum priority. This portfolio also demonstrates my ability to embed Indigenous knowledges and perspectives in my key learning area and discuss the theories, literature and policy that inform how and why teachers play an important role in sh...