AITSL
Knowledge of concepts and substance
Career Stage – Graduate
Main Focus area – 2.1
School – MacRobertson Girls’ High School
A graduate teacher reflects on how important it is for her to ‘know the content’ during a teaching placement. Such content knowledge involves a detailed knowledge of the texts the students have been studying in their year 9 English class, as well as the ability to contextualise these thematically and philosophically. The teacher has had to undertake additional research to gain the knowledge that she believes the students expect of her. Her supervisor is supportive of her delivery of the knowledge of the concepts and substance of the content area.
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