Method and Practice of Teaching General Science A (6 points)
(EDU)
Leader: Mr S Keast (Clayton) Dr S Webster (Gippsland)
Offered:
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2004 (OCL)
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2005 (OCL)
Synopsis:
Objectives: The broad outcomes of this unit are for students to be able to understand the notion of the enacted curriculum. The overall aim of this Part B is to provide students with the opportunities to critically review some curriculum practices in their subject area, become aware of how literacy can be engaged with in science, and also to develop a unit plan that is able to be implemented into the classroom, potentially in the first year of employment; to become aware of the role of literacy in science curriculums; to develop a unit plan for a subject area within science. The learning outcomes for this unit are for students to be able to distinguish between the stated curriculum and the enacted curriculum; analyse and recognise episodes in the classroom that can be regarded to be instances of the enacted curriculum; explain the role of literacy in the science curriculum; become familiar with the educational system requirements in their discipline for pupils in Year 11 and 12; design and develop an appropriate unit plan for the senior science curriculum; progress towards being able to gauge the depth appropriate to each topic and each group of students; prepare topics by synthesis from a range of sources and to present the prepared curriculum material in a variety of ways; be willing to accept that science teachers, like all other staff, are teachers of literacy and mathematics; and create some appropriate assessment items for the unit of work developed.
Assessment: Assignments: 70% and Class Presentation: 30%, Attendance at a three day Science Camp in March (Clayton Students); Assignments: 100% (Gippsland students) + 80% Attendance and participation in the workshops is also a requirement for Clayton students.
Contact Hours: 3 hours per week
Prerequisites: Bachelor of Science
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