Trimester 1, 2012

Changes at UNE this year.  They have moved into Trimesters instead of Semesters.  This means each teaching period is a little shorter as are the breaks in between, but also that there is now scope to further fast track your studies by doing more over what used to be the even shorter Summer Semester.  Right now I am very pro fast tracking and have organised my units so that I may be able to do 12 full units this year alone along with my first prac placement.  I do not know if this is sustainable, but I will try while keeping an eye on census date each Trimester.

I am currently studying the units:

EDIT124	ICT Across the Curriculum
EDAE124	Creative Arts Curriculum
EDLT115	Learners and Learning
EDEE112	English Pedagogy in Primary Curriculum

Slowly but surely ticking all the boxes.  At the end of the last year I had a 'credit' study average across my units.  I would like to move this into a 'distinction' average but I do not know if this is a realistic expectation given I am also running around after children and their activities as well as the various committees that go along with these activities.  I am trying to be a reflective practitioner who looks for ways of improvement while looking to balance the study/family/farm commitments I have; it isn't always easy.