Macbeth
CONTEXT
- The teacher education student is in the first year of a Master of Teaching degree.
- The teacher education student is completing their second teaching placement.
- This school is a large, academically selective secondary school in an urban area.
- This Year 9 English lesson sequence focuses on developing students’ understanding of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area.
EVIDENCE ANNOTATION
The teacher education student demonstrates 2.1.1 ‘Graduate achieved’ through:
- Demonstrating appropriate knowledge of the central concepts of the Shakespeare play Macbeth and English literature text analysis through lesson planning, explanation and linking of content, and outcomes to the syllabus document.
- Preparing a sequence of lesson plans for Year 9 English with a variety of teaching and learning strategies that promote collaboration and higher order thinking, such as class discussions, group work and individual work, claim-support-question analysis, categorisation of posters, scaffolded paragraph writing and creation of a PowerPoint presentation.
- Receiving feedback from their supervising teacher that verifies the teacher education student’s knowledge of the topic is very strong and has been effectively applied to their lesson plans and teaching.
G: The goal for this teacher education student is 2.1.1.
R: The teacher education student has satisfied 2.1.1 at graduate level.
O: What specific mentoring strategies could you employ with this teacher education student to help them move towards ‘Graduate exceeds’ for 2.1.1?
W: What is the next step you would negotiate as a goal for this teacher? What will you do as a Mentor to help them achieve this goal?
G: To demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area and to move up on the 2.1.1 graduate continuum.
R: Which level of the graduate continuum are you currently at for 2.1.1? Refer to recent feedback you have received.
O: What specific actions could you take to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area?
- Could you link your lesson plans more clearly to the syllabus outcomes/objectives?
- Could you plan to use a greater variety of teaching and learning strategies relevant to your subject area (e.g., differentiated curriculum, collaborative learning, ICT, higher order thinking)?
- Could you try out any of the teaching and learning strategies that this teacher education student has planned (e.g. class discussions, group work and individual work, claim-support-question analysis, categorisation, scaffolded writing and creation of PowerPoint presentations)?
- Could you further develop your knowledge of the central concepts of your subject through reading, collaborating with subject experts or taking part in a professional development event?
W: What is your next step in demonstrating your knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area? Try to formulate a specific goal.