ED3211:06
Secondary Curriculum and Teaching Studies 1
Townsville
HECS Band 1
78 hours lectures, 39 hours tutorials. Full year.
Available to students who have successfully completed ED2490 and ED2499. Compulsory corequisite subject: ED3498 or ED3499.
Staff: Professor P Gilbert
This subject is an introduction to research and practice in curriculum and teaching in the secondary school, with particular reference to two subject areas. Topics include: assumptions underlying the secondary curriculum and its value for students; approaches to curriculum development and teaching, including planning, instructional and management skills, communication and assessment; issues in the teaching of selected subjects in the secondary school.
Learning Objectives:
- understand and critically reflect on curricular goals, syllabuses and teaching approaches in the secondary school;
- understand and critically reflect on philosophies, theories and issues related to secondary school teaching in specialist subject areas;
- develop competence in planning and teaching in specialist subject areas.
Assessment by core strand: two short answer tests (10% each, 20%), three 400 word reflective writings (20%); each of two specialist teaching areas: seminars, resource folders and tests on planning, teaching and assessment in the specialist subjects (30% each, 60%).