TEACHING IN BUSH ENVIRONMENTS

OED3TBE

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Students apply and extend bushwalking and environmental interpretive knowledge in order to conduct outdoor/environmental education learning experiences. Teaching, environmental interpretive content, bush travel skills, group management skills and safety relevant to bush environments will be covered.

School: Education (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Lucas Bester

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: OED2OLB and OED2BE or OED2FEC. Must have passed 120cp at level 1 and 90cp at level 2

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

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

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Understand how to build relevant knowledge of a local area in order to teach, and to implement this understanding in a practical situation, using the area itself as a primary learning material

02. Apply teaching methods in bush environments, skills and experience in bush environments

03. Understand, plan and practice safe and pedagogically sound educational experiences

04. Critically evaluate program design and demonstrate a cautious self appraisal of teaching experience

Bendigo, 2020, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Lucas Bester

Class requirements

Field TripWeek: 10 - 22
One 8.00 days field trip per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Students need to choose between Stream A (Teaching in Bush Environments) and Stream B (Teaching Natural History) - see subject coordinator for more details

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
2,000-word assignmentHurdle: satisfactory participation and performance in practical work	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	50	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4
2,500-word assignmentHurdle: satisfactory participation and performance in practical work	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	50	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4