teaching, involving a program of at least 60 class hours (the equivalent of 2 hours per week for a total of 15 weeks for each method).
Methods of Teaching make a direct contribution to the strengthening of professional competence commenced in Education B and C and have the following general objectives:
To acquaint students with a wide range of teaching materials, strategies and curriculum ideas so that they in turn can select those which are consistent with their own developing educational philosophies and their own capacities.
To indicate both the unique and interdisciplinary nature of various curriculum areas.
To suggest the practical ramifications of educational theory.
To develop enthusiasm for, and competence in, teaching and learning.
To indicate recent developments in the practice of teaching, particularly those addressing issues of access and success for all in learning.
To encourage students to evaluate critically their assumptions about methods of teaching.
Broadly there are six main categories into which any program can be divided, though these divisions may not be considered separately: philosophical, psychological, sociological issues;
teaching approaches and techniques; teacher-pupil interaction; language, literacy and the learner; curriculum issues; and resources for learning.
School Experience provides students with the opportunity of implementing and evaluating Method work developed in College sessions. Consequently, Methods of Teaching and School Experience are closely related components of a student's course.
Methods of Teaching Available
Method of Teaching Enrolment Code
Drama MOTO9
Economics and Commerce
Accounting' MOT01
Middle-school Commence` MOTO7
Economics' MOT10
Information Management* MOT40
Legal Studies' MOT19
Secretarial and Administrative Studies' MOT36
Commerce by Contract* MOT38
Methodology of Economics and Commerce' MOT11
English MOT12
English as a Second Language MOT13
Geography MOT16
Geography (Environmental Spence)' MOT17 History, Politics f and Social Studies
History MOT18
Politics t MOT31
Social Studies MOT37
Languages other than English MOT25
Languages other than English (Double Method) MOT25 MOT26
Librarianship MOT20
Media Arts MOT15
Music: Classroom MOT27
Music: Classroom (Double Method) MOT27 M0128 M0129 MOT32 MOT34 MOT22 MOT04 MOT05 MOT14 Music: Instrumental
Psychology
Science and Mathematics Junior Science A Junior Mathematics A Biology'
Chemistry'
Environmental Science`
Method of Teaching Enrolment Code
Physics' MOT30
Senior Mathematics MOT24
Computer Science' MOT39
Computer Studies' MOTO6
Junior Spence B' M0T35
Further Studies in School Science' MOT33
Junior Mathematics B' MOT23
Further Studies in School Mathematics' MOT21
• Half Method t Not available in 1988.
Method of Teaching: Drama (MOT09)
Prerequisite
Credit of 33 points in Drama including Drama Cl (DRC01) and Drama C2 (DRCO2).
Syllabus
An extension and application of previous Drama studies.
focussing on the methods and materials of drama education to meet the needs of students in post-primary schools. Topics will include: theoretical frameworks for drama in education;
the elements of theatre as they apply to the drama classroom;
designing and implementing drama curricula appropriate to a specific educational context; research in drama and analysis of the work of vanous theoreticians; and leadership skills for implementing drama curricula in an educational context.
References
Bolton. G Towards a Theory of Drama in Education Longman, London. 1980
Bolton. G Drama as Education Longman, London, 1984 Burgess, R 8 Gaudry. P Time for Drama Longman, Melbourne,
1985
McLeod, J Drama is .... Real Pretending Ministry of Education. Melbourne, 1985
Students are referred to relevant texts at the beginning of the year.
Involvement Time and Teaching Methods
The Involvement Time for this component is 75 hours, averaged as approximately 2.75 hours per week for two semesters.
There will be one 2-hour lecture/seminar per week for a total of 15 weeks over two semesters.
Assessment
(i) participation in class (25%); (ii) two teaching projects equivalent to 2.500 words (50%); and (iii) one project equivalent to 1.000 words (25%). Regular attendance and participation in classes and practical work is required.
Assessment is on a Pass/Fail basis, contributing to the result in Education D.
Methods of Teaching: Economics and Commerce
Each unit, excluding Commerce by Contract, occupies the equivalent of one hour per week throughout the year, except during block periods of School Expenence. Each of these units comprises a core component (13 hours) and an optional component (4 hours).
Special Requirements Double Method
Students undertaking all their Method studies in the Department of Business Studies will select any four units from the eight available.
Single Method
Students undertaking the equivalent of only one Method subject in the Department of Business Studies will select any two units from the eight available.
These selections are subject to the following:
(1) Unit of Middle-school Commerce is not available to those students who have satisfactorily completed Education C (Business Studies group) in either 1983 or 1984.
(2) Unit of Methodology of Economics and Commerce is available only to those students who are enrolled in three other method units within Economics and Commerce. Those three other method units may include the unit of Commerce by Contract.
(3) Unit of Commerce by Contract is available to those students unable to enrol in any other method unit in forming a single or double method.
Each unit will consider the basic teaching model: objectives, method, content resources, and evaluation in terms of teaching and pupil learning within the area bounded by economics and commercial subjects.
Method of Teaching: Accounting (MOT01)
Prerequisite
Accounting B11 (ACB11) and B22 (ACB22), or their approved equivalent.
Syllabus
Topics will include: objectives in accounting courses at Years 11 and 12; strategies for the introduction of accounting concepts; methods of teaching and their applicability to accounting analysis and interpretation; evaluation of commercially available materials; availability and use of community resources; and evalution of objectives.
References
Popham, EL et al Teaching-Learning System for Business Education McGraw-Hill, New York, 1975
Tonne, HA et al Methods of Teaching Business Subjects (3rd ed) McGraw-Hill, New York, 1965
VCE Course Descriptions for Group 1 Accounting VCAB, Melbourne, 1985
VCE Teacher's Notes on Assessment of Group 1 Accounting VCAB, Melbourne, 1981
Journal: Compak Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association, Fitzroy, 1976-87
Involvement Time and Teaching Methods
The Involvement Time for this component is 63 hours.
averaged as approximately 3 hours per week for two semesters.
There will be one 1-hour seminar per week for two semesters, except during block periods of School Experience.
Assessment
(i) attendance and participation in classes (50%); and (ii) assignments (50%). Assignments will include critical analyses of selected articles, seminar papers, production of teaching/
learning materials, and preparation of a learning unit. Students must perform satisfactorily in all areas of assessment including attendance of at least 90% of scheduled classes.
Submission of all assignment work is required. Assessment is on a Pass/Fail basis, contributing to the result in Education D.
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Subject Descriptions
Method of Teaching: Commerce by Contract (MOT38)
Special Requirements
This unit is available only to those students unable to enrol in any other method unit within Economics and Commerce.
Syllabus
The approach taken to this unit is subject to negotiation between the lecturer-in-charge and the individual student after consideration of other method units selected and whether or not Education C has been satisfactorily completed.
(The latter is not applicable to Education 4B students.) Reference
Journal: Compak Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association, Fitzroy, 1976-87
Involvement Time and Teaching Methods
The Involvement Time for this component is 63 hours, averaged as approximately 3 hours per week for two semesters.
There will be one 1-hour seminar per week for two semesters, except during block periods of School Experience. In addition, students are required to provide an outline of a contract proposal and to hold regular discussions with the contract supervisor.
Assessment
() satisfactory completion of the negotiated contract.
Assessment is on a Pass/Fail basis, contributing to the result in Education D.
Method of Teaching: Economics (MOT10)
Prerequisite
Economics B11 (EC811) and B22 (ECB22), or their approved equivalent.
Syllabus
Topics will include: the development and place of economics in the secondary school curriculum; economics courses of study for junior, middle and senior levels; syllabus planning, topic and lesson planning; methods of teaching and their applicability to economics; availability of resources and aids for teaching economics; text and resource evaluation;
evaluation and assessment in economics; and the Economic Education Movement - future developments including APEL and the Radical Critique.
References
Burkhardt, GA Teaching Economics in the Secondary School McGraw-Hill, Sydney, 1976
VCE Course Description for Group 1 Economics VCAB, Melbourne, 1984
Whitehead, DJ Handbook for Economics Teachers Heinemann, London, 1979
Journal: Compak Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association, Fitzroy, 1976-87
Involvement Time and Teaching Methods
The Involvement Time for this component is 63 hours, averaged as approximately 3 hours per week for two semesters.
There will be one 1-hour seminar per week for two semesters, except during block periods of School Experience_
Assessment
() attendance and participation in classes (50%) and (ii) assignments (50%). Assignments include a critical
examination of the place of Economics in secondary schools, design of materials for use in an Economics classroom, and the development of a teaching/leaming unit on a specified topic. Students must perform satisfactorily in all areas of assessment including attendance of at least 90% of scheduled classes. Submission of all assignment work is required Assessment is on a Pass/Fail basis, contributing to the result in Education D.
Method of Teaching: Information Management (MOT40)
Prerequisite
Information Management B01 (IMB01) and B02 (IMB02), or their approved equivalent.
Syllabus
Topics will include: the specification of appropriate learning outcomes; availability and development of resources including selection and use of appropriate software and hardware; methods of teaching and learning in an electronic environment; development of curricula appropriate to the study of information management systems including information technology, personnel management and organization structure; and techniques for the evaluation of learning.
Involvement Time and Teaching Methods
The Involvement Time for this component is 63 hours, averaged as approximately 3 hours per week for two semesters.
There will be one 1-hour seminar per week for two semesters, except during block periods of School Experience.
Assessment
(i) attendance and participation in classes (50%); (ii) and assignments (50%). Other than completion of materials for seminar use, two major assignments are involved. Students must perform satisfactorily in all areas of assessment including attendance of at least 90% of scheduled classes.
Submission of all assignment work is required Assessment is on a Pass/Fail basis, contributing to the result in Education D.
Method of Teaching: Legal Studies (MOT19)
Prerequisite
Legal Studies B1 (LSB01) and 82 (LSB02), or their approved equivalent.
Syllabus
Topics will include: review of school-based experiences and observations; critical review of content of Years 11 and 12 courses; adoption and expression of objectives in legal studies critical assessment of resources in legal studies;
assessment items in legal studies; and strategies in presenting material such as chalk and talk, lectures, student papers, 'the debate', 'the mock trial', excursions, games and role-playing.
References
VCE Course Description for Group 1 Legal Studies VCAB, Melbourne, 1984
VCE Year 12 Legal Studies: A Teacher's Guide to VISE Group 1 Legal Studies Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association, Fitzroy, 1986
Journal: Compak Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association, Fitzroy, 1976-87
Involvement Time and Teaching Methods
The Involvement Time for this component is 63 hours, averaged as approximately 3 hours per week for two semesters.
There will be one 1-hour seminar per week for two semesters, except during block periods of School Experience.
Assessment
(i) attendance and participation in classes (50%); (ii) and assignments (50%). Assignments are on the use of resources, use of a mock trial, test design and/or a learning package.
Students must perform satisfactorily in all areas of assessment including attendance of at least 90% of scheduled classes. Submission of all assignment work is required. Assessment is on a Pass/Fail basis, contributing to the result in Education D.
Method of Teaching: Methodology of Economics/Commerce (MOT11)
Prerequisite
Enrolment in three other method units within Economics and Commerce.
Syllabus
Topics will include: the development of the teaching skills involved in introducing a lesson, question and answer, and maintaining pupil interest; rationale and past development of business subjects in pre-tertiary education; future developments of business studies in pre-tertiary education;
role of a co-ordinator in economics and commerce; and the inter-disciplinary nature of commerce within its subjects and within the total school curriculum.
Reference
Journal: Cornpak Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association, Fitzroy, 1976-87
Involvement Time and Teaching Methods
The Involvement Time for this component is 63 hours, averaged as approximately 3 hours per week for two semesters.
There will be one 1-hour seminar per week for two semesters, except during block periods of School Experience.
Assessment
() attendance and participation in classes (50%); and (ii) assignments (50%). Other than completion of materials for seminar use, one major assignment is involved. Students must perform satisfactonly in all areas of assessent including attendance of at least 90% of scheduled classes. Submission of all assignment work is required. Assessment is on a Pass/
Fail basis. contributing to the result in Education D.
Method of Teaching: Middle School Commerce (MOT07)
Special Requirement
This unit is not available to those students who have satisfactorily completed Education C (Business Studies group).
Syllabus
Topics will include: the development of consumer education and middle-school commerce; content and aims of recommended and alternative courses (Education for Living compared with Education for Employment); strategies involving structured pupil-centred learning; methods of teaching and their applicability to middle-school commercee;
the pupil as a key resource, evaluation of commercially available materials; availability of community resources and their value in learning; and evaluation of objectives in middle- school commerce.
References
Christopher, S Middle-school Commerce Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association, Fitzroy, 1982 Davison, A et al Strategies and Methods Victorian Commercial
Teachers' Association, Fitzroy, 1982
Jones, D Cornucopia of Resource Materials for Consumer Education Education Department of Victoria, Carlton, 1982 National Committee of Social Science Teaching Evaluation in
the Social Sciences for Secondary Schools Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1977
Journal: Compak Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association, Fitzroy, 1976-87
Involvement Time and Teaching Methods
The Involvement Time for this component is 63 hours, averaged as approximately 3 hours per week for two semesters.
There will be one 1-hour seminar per week for two semesters, except during block periods of School Experience.
Assessment
() attendance and participation in classes (50%); and (i) assignments (50%). Assignments include critical evaluation of commercially and publicly available materials, seminar papers, production of teaching/learning materials and preparation of a learning unit. Students must perform satisfactorily in all areas of assessment including attendance of at least 90% of scheduled classes. Submission of all assignment work is required. Assessment is on a Pass/Fail basis, contributing to the result in Education D.
Method of Teaching: Secretarial and Administrative Studies (MOT36)
Prerequisite
Information Management B01 (IMB01) and B03 (IMB03), or their approved equivalent.
Syllabus
Topics will include: course organization, examination and evaluation of secretarial and related courses in schools, course and lesson planning, facilities and equipment,. resources and services; skill learning and development, evaluation of performance, catering for individual differences and learning difficulties; keyboard introduction, development of typewriting technique, speed, accuracy, production skills, audio typing and listening skills; communication courses, language development programs, personal and vocational approaches; shorthand introduction, development of note- taking and transciption speed and accuracy, dictation procedure; integrating skills, office style assignments, simulated office experience, work experience and word processing, and career prospects.
References
Holden, A (ed) Readings in Method of Teaching Typewriting Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association, Fitzroy, 1976 Moore, G Courses of Study in Shorthand and Typewriting
Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association, Fitzroy, 1977 VCE Course Descriptions for Group 1 and Group 2 Secretarial
Subjects VCAB, Melbourne, 1985
Journal: Compak Victorian Commercial Teachers' Association, Fitzroy, 1976-87
Involvement Time and Teaching Methods
The Involvement Time for this component is 63 hours, averaged as approximately 3 hours per week for two semesters.
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Subject Descriptions
There will be one 1-hour seminar per week for two semesters, except during block periods of School Experience.
Assessment
(i) attendance and participation in classes (50%); and (ii) assignments (50%). Assignments include lesson plans, course of study, planning for individual differences and preparation of units of work with appropriate teaching material and aids. Students must perform satisfactorily in all areas of assessment including attendance of at least 90% of scheduled classes. Submission of all assignment work is required. Assessment is on a Pass/Fail basis, contributing to the result in Education D.
Method of Teaching: English (MOT12)
Prerequisite
A credit of 21 points in Language and Literature subjects, including Language and Literature B1 (LLB01), or approved equivalent.
Syllabus
Prospective teachers of English are made aware of key issues relevant to the contemporary English classroom, and of the appropriate range of strategies available to teachers and students in schools. Activities will include investigation of key pedagogical ideas and procedures, with particular emphasis on the role of language in learning. Topics will include: the interrelationship of aims, classroom organization, content and outcomes; the development of competency and understanding in the areas of speaking, listening, writing and reading; the role of drama and non-verbal communication;
printed literature' adolescent literature and and other texts (audio, visual, media); materials and resources for the English classroom; differential teaching strategies; assessment and evaluation, and curriculum development.
References
Holloway. P & Rush, E English Method Handbook Melbourne College of Advanced Education, (internal publication), 1987 Reid, I The Making of Literature Australian Association for the
Teaching of English, Norwood, SA, 1984
Walshe, RD Teaching Literature Primary English Teachers' Assocation, Rozelle, NSW. 1983
Watson, K English Teaching in Perspective St Clair Press, Sydney, 1981
Involvement Time and Teaching Methods
The Involvement Time for this component is 75 hours, averaged as approximately 2.75 hours per week for two semesters.
There will be one 2-hour lecture/seminar per week for a total of 15 weeks over two semesters.
Assessment
() one written exercise of 500 words (20%); (ii) preparation of a seminar (30%)t and (iii) a written exercise of 1.300 words.
(50%). Satisfactory attendance is required. Assessment is on a Pass/Fail basis, contributing to the result in Education D.
Method of Teaching: English as a Second Language (MOT13)
Prerequisite
A credit of 9 points in Group 1 in English or 9 points in either a language other than English or Linguistics.
Special Requirements
Students taking this Method should have native speaker
fluency in spoken English. The other Method area normally undertaken by students is English or Modem Languages.
Syllabus
A study of a range of data and concepts from applied linguistics and language learning theory, with the aim of developing effective and appropriate teaching procedures for improving the communicative competence of children whose mother tongue is not English. Topics will include: an overview of second language teaching methods; principles and procedures; second language lesson planning, principles and practice; second language teaching techniques for specific levels and skills; second language teaching program design;
evaluation and selection of second language courses, materials and aids; error analysis, principles and practice; and language testing, principles and practice.
References
Burgess, A Language Made Plain Fontana, Glasgow, 1975 Clyne, MC Multilingual Australia (2nd ed) River Seine,
Melbourne, 1985
Involvement Time and Teaching Methods
The Involvement Time for this component is 75 hours, averaged as approximately 2.75 hours per week for two semesters.
There will be one 2-hour class per week for a total of 15 weeks over two semesters, and project work in consultation with the lecturer in charge.
Assessment
(i) participation in class including class paper and micro- teaching (20%); and (ii) one project equivalent to 2,400 words (80%). Assessment is on a Pass/Fail basis, contributing to the result in Education D.
Method of Teaching: Geography (MOT16)
Prerequisite
Credit of 21 points in Geography including 12 points beyond Group 1 level (A-level); or Earth Science Al (ERA01) and 18 points in Geography including 12 points beyond the Group 1 level (A-level) and including at least 8 points from Geography A2 (GPA02), B2 (GPB02), B3 (GPB03), B4 (GPB04), 66 (GPB06), Cl (GPC01), C3 (GPC03), or approved equivalent studies.
Syllabus
A study of a wide range of teaching materials, strategies and curriculum ideas, to enable students, in turn, to select those which are consistent with their own developing educational philosophies and their own capacities. An exploration of a number of approaches which might be appropriate at the secondary school level, using discussion techniques, inquiry and expository modes, fieldwork, simulations, group work and a range of audiovisual materials. The program includes consideration of philosophical and theoretical issues, teaching approaches and techniques, curriculum issues,.
teacher-student interaction, resources for learning, language and literacy.
References
Boardman, D (ed) New Directions In Geographical Education The Falmer Press, London, 1985
Eisner, E The Educational Imagination - On the Design and Evaluation of School Progams Macmillan, New York, 1979 Fien, J et al (eds) The Geography Teacher's Guide to the
Classroom Macmillan, Melbourne, 1984
Huckle, J (ed) Geographical Education - Reflection and Action Oxford University Press, London 1983