VET SECONDARY CURRICULUM 1

EDU4VE1

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject is designed to establish a knowledge and skill base for pre-service teachers in the areas of curriculum, pedagogy, planning, assessment, evaluation and reporting for application in Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs provided to students in the senior years of secondary schooling (Years 10-12). The unit is designed to develop pre-service teacher's understanding of contemporary theory, concepts and skills in VET as applied in the school context with a particular focus on developing multiple pathways into workplaces and further education. Theoretical concepts, pedagogical principles, national Training packages and state accredited curriculum structures within VET programs are examined and applied in the design, implementation and evaluation of learning resources that are responsive to the needs of diverse learners.

School: Education (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Karen O'Reilly-Briggs

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled in Bachelor of Technology Education, EBTE or EBTEB or Masters of Teaching (Secondary) EMTCS or EMTCSB or EMTCSW

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

How to teach vocational education: a theory of vocational pedagogy

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Lucas W, Spencer E, & Claxton G

Year: 2012

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: City & Guilds Centre of Skills Development & Centre for Real World Learning, University

ISBN: N/A

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Learning for teaching teaching for learning

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Whitton D, Barker K, Nosworthy M, Humpries J & Sinclair C

Year: 2016

Edition/Volume: 3rd Edition

Publisher: Melbourne: Cengage learning

ISBN: N/A

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Effective teaching strategies: lessons from research and practice

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Killen.

Year: 2016

Edition/Volume: Seventh Edition

Publisher: Melbourne: Cengage Learning

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

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Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

VETiS: how it works in Victoria, VOCAL

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Brown M.

Year: 2009

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: Australian Journal of VET in schools, 7, 19-31.

ISBN: N/A

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URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

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Vocational Education: purpose, tradition and prospects

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Billett S.

Year: 2011

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer.

ISBN: N/A

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Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Vocational training and assessment

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Hill D, Hill T & Perlitz L

Year: 2016

Edition/Volume: 2nd edition

Publisher: Sydney: McGraw Hill Education

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

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Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Teaching in the VET sector in Australia

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Brennan-Kemmis R & Atkins L.

Year: 2014

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: Macksville: David Barlow Publishing

ISBN: N/A

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URL: N/A

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how VET programs are run within secondary schools. Show understanding of how VET programs relate to Senior secondary certificates, such as VCE VET programs, VCAL, scored assessment, Block credit programs and School based apprenticeships and traineeships (SBATs).

02. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the Australian national VET system. Including the quality systems, the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), Registered Training Organisations, Qualifications, Training packages, Units of competency, and Recognition of prior learning (RPL).

03. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how VET programs are run within secondary schools. Show understanding of how VET programs relate to Senior secondary certificates, such as VCE VET programs, VCAL, scored assessment, Block credit programs and School base apprenticeships and traineeships (SBATs)

04. Critically analyse, plan, synthesise and implement a range of vocational learning and teaching activities and sequences for senior secondary students (Years 10-12). These include a variety of pedagogical approaches and resources (including safe and ethical pedagogy and use of resources including ICT appropriate to state and national curricula.

05. Rationalise, describe, design and evaluate a unit of work involving a variety of teaching strategies that cater for individual differences in student learning across the full range of abilities in Vocational Education and Training

Albury-Wodonga, 2020, Week 09-21, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Karen O'Reilly-Briggs

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 9 - 21
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend from week 9 to week 21 and delivered via online.

WorkShopWeek: 9 - 9
One 8.00 hours workshop per study period on weekdays from week 9 to week 9 and delivered via face-to-face.
The intensive component of this subject will be delivered at the Bundoora campus only EMTCS/EMTCSB/EMTCSW students only

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Explanatory Report to demonstrate understanding of the VET systems(1350 word equivalence)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3
Design a Unit of Work (1800 word equivalence)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO4, SILO5
Explanatory essay(1350 word equivalence)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO4, SILO5

Bendigo, 2020, Week 09-21, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Karen O'Reilly-Briggs

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 9 - 21
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend from week 9 to week 21 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Explanatory Report to demonstrate understanding of the VET systems(1350 word equivalence)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3
Design a Unit of Work (1800 word equivalence)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO4, SILO5
Explanatory essay(1350 word equivalence)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO4, SILO5

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Week 09-21, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Karen O'Reilly-Briggs

Class requirements

Scheduled Online ClassWeek: 10 - 21
Two 2.00 hours scheduled online class per study period from week 10 to week 21 and delivered via online.
Zoom Sessions - Bachelor of Technology Education students only

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 9 - 21
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend from week 9 to week 21 and delivered via online.

WorkShopWeek: 10 - 21
Four 8.00 hours workshop per study period on weekends from week 10 to week 21 and delivered via face-to-face.
The intensive component of this subject will be delivered at the Bundoora campus only Bachelor of Technology Education students only. Classed will be delivered 7th March, 28th March, 26th April and 16th May 2020.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Explanatory Report to demonstrate understanding of the VET systems(1350 word equivalence)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3
Design a Unit of Work (1800 word equivalence)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO4, SILO5
Explanatory essay(1350 word equivalence)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO4, SILO5