| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Education, Arts & Community |
| Unit Title: | Media Studies Curriculum 1 |
| Unit ID: | EDBED3040 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (A Pass in three (3) approved Media Studies Discipline Courses) |
| Co-requisite(s): | (One Approved Media Studies Course) |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 070301 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit is the first in a sequence of two that is designed to enhance knowledge and skills related to the effective teaching of Media Studies in secondary schools. The unit introduces pre-service teachers to the philosophy, structure, curriculum and assessment procedures of VCE Units 1 & 2 and requires them to examine how the curriculum frameworks can be used to create optimal learning for senior secondary students. Pre-service teachers will learn how to develop school students’ understanding of the important role media plays in shaping the values and beliefs of audiences as well as building the students’ ability to analyse media concepts, forms and products in critical and informed ways |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | |  | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Explore views about the practice of teaching Media in secondary school contexts, focusing on the diverse and constantly changing nature of media and its important role in shaping audience values and beliefs |
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| K2. | Analyse the ways in which media texts (including multi-modal and digital texts) are constructed with a focus on critical literacy and implications for teaching and learning |
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| K3. | Identify a range of approaches for critiquing and responding to media texts |
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| K4. | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of VCE Media Units 1 & 2. |
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| K5. | Examine a range of effective strategies relevant to teaching Media which support inclusive participation and engagement |
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| K6. | Know and understand literacy and numeracy teaching strategies and their application in Media. |
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| K7. |
Identify and use a range of resources, including ICT, as well as professional networks to support the effective teaching of, and student engagement in, VCE Media Units 1 & 2 |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Apply knowledge of the concepts, structure and content of VCE Media Units 1 & 2 curriculum frameworks to design effective learning sequences, challenging goals and processes for assessment. |
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| S2. | Demonstrate skills and knowledge of a range of strategies and resources concerning the effective, inclusive teaching of Media |
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| S3. | Use a range of assessment approaches to examine students’ learning, reflect critically on teaching and provide constructive feedback to students |
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| S4. | Demonstrate skills in applying effective teaching strategies and classroom communication |
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| S5. | Identify and respond to various texts that could be the focus for learning in VCE Media Units 1 & 2. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Present a paper which articulates a philosophy for teaching Media at senior secondary school level |
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| A2. | Design and teach a lesson designed for VCE Media with a focus on Units 1 or 2 and critically reflect on feedback |
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| A3. | Design a sequence of lessons with a focus on an aspect of Media using a range of resources which ICTs as well as assessment for VCE Media with a focus on Units 1 or 2 |
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| Unit Content: |
- Explore the concepts, substance and structure of the content of Media Studies curriculum and relevant teaching strategies.
- Know and understand literacy and numeracy teaching strategies as applied to Media Studies.
- Development of skills in using curriculum frameworks to design, implement and evaluate effective learning and teaching sequences and activities.
- Examination and evaluation of resources (including ICTs) to support the teaching of Media in VCE Units 1 & 2 and the engagement of students in the learning..
- Reading and analysing media texts and constructing responses.
- Investigation into the way curriculum frameworks, policies and assessment are enacted in school contexts.
- Exploration of the way teachers engage in ongoing professional learning to improve their teaching and support student learning.
- Evaluation of teaching skills to support students engagement
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| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | Learning outcomes
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(AT#) | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, inter-act and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display skills in-person and/or online in: • Using effective verbal and non-verbal communication • Listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Showing empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others. Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating a collegial environment • Showing self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect • Inspiring and convincing others • Making informed decisions • Displaying initiative | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically • Evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Considering alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving. | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Finding, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information • Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Contributing actively to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and benefiting from digital learning opportunities. | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in global economic environmental and societal contexts • Committing to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Evaluating ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Embracing lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K7, S1, S5, A1 | Write a paper that outlines your approach to teaching and assessing Media at senior secondary level. | Teaching Philosophy | 10-20% | | 2. | K2, K3, K6, K7, S1, S4, S5, A1 | Design, teach and evaluate a lesson which has a focus on VCE Media (Unit 1 or 2) applying planning skills, content knowledge, pedagogical understandings, differentiation strategies, assessment strategies and policy knowledge. | Performance Assessment Task | 30-40% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, K7, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, A2, A3 | Design a sequence of 6 lessons with a focus on VCE Media Units 1 or 2. This will include a personal reflection on learning. | Lesson and Curriculum Planning | 40-50% |
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