Science Education (6 points)
(EDU)
Leader:
Offered:
Not offered in 2004.
Synopsis:
Objectives: Upon successful completion of this unit, students should have developed research skills which may be applied in the classroom and which should result in improved teaching and learning in science education; investigated, summarised and reported the relevance of research findings (from a specific field of investigation) to increase their knowledge and understanding in an area of science education; gained familiarity with recent curriculum developments in science education; demonstrated a well-developed awareness of the value of the history of science to inform and aid the teaching of science; gained a critical awareness from theory and research based knowledge of how to aid pupils' thought processes, language, and conceptual development appropriate to natural phenomena; formed a critical appreciation for the extent of resources available and means of aiding concept and knowledge building which go well beyond stereotypical science text sources for teaching science; increased professional skills in the writing of reports on matters concerning science education.
Assessment: One or two reports (as contracted) with the assessment percentage for each report allocated in accordance with the proportion of the workload contracted
Prerequisites: DipT or GradDipEd (with science method) or BTeach
Prohibitions: GEC4460
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