Postgraduate - UnitEDF5705 - Understanding and investigating our worlds

This unit consists of two modules: module 1: Science and technology and module 2: Humanities and social sciences.
Module 1 examines key theoretical and pedagogical perspectives and issues in the teaching of science and technology with children, with emphasis on developing children's skills of working scientifically, designing and making products. Students are introduced to a range of appropriate curriculum documents and a variety of teaching strategies used in schools including planning lessons, implementing, monitoring learning and reporting. The module addresses important conceptual ideas and processes about embedding science and technology into classroom learning, understanding science as a human endeavour and the differences in learning progressions in science and technology.
Module 2 examines how school students can learn to understand the world through history, economics, geography and citizenship education and through cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary lenses on the world. This includes understandings of the range of cultural experiences within both Australian and global communities. Students also engage with theoretical, philosophical, pedagogical viewpoints and assessment strategies that address issues related to the themes of Indigenous Australia, environmental sustainability, and Asia and the world. The module develops understanding of how educators can embrace diversity and teach for social justice, and how events shape our societies and places within them. The module will also provide the opportunity to explore different lenses for making sense of our world drawing upon students' experiences across these two modules.