Topic review

Improving classroom practice

Working with local communities to locate and identify suitable resources will enrich your teaching and make learning more meaningful and relevant for your students.

In this topic activities included evaluating texts, profiling your school, fostering community partnerships and planning a teaching unit on reconciliation.

Questions for review:

• Reflect on your ability to improving classroom practice. What areas did this topic extend your knowledge in?
• Outline some practical strategies to improve classroom practices for your Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
• What is the relationship between working with local communities and reconciliation in schools?

Choose one Focus Area of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers where you could apply the knowledge and skills you have gained from Topic 4, such as:

6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs

Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers in identifying professional learning needs. (Graduate level)

Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate teachers)

Congratulations! You have now completed all topics in Module 3.