ED5220 - Key Learning Areas 1

Credit points:	06
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
Administered by:	School of Education

Available to Graduate Diploma of Education (Primary) students only, must be completed with or before ED5227.

This subject has been designed to equip pre-service teachers with the necessary knowledge and competencies to effectively and equitably teach english, mathematics, science and to primary aged children. Students will be involved in practical activities that will enable them to develop skills and methods required to teach and integrate concepts with other Key Learning Areas. Research related to learning and teaching in these Key Learning Areas will be emphasised with opportunities for students to engage in and reflect upon these experiences provided.

Learning Outcomes

• evaluate various teaching methods, materials and media as they relate to primary school age children's learning;
• explore ways of organising the learning environment to ensure effective learning and teaching;
• demonstrate an awareness of the content and characteristics of developmentally appropiate and socially just english, mathematics, science curriculum for primary school age children of the learning processes used by primary school age children of different socio-cultural backgrounds in learning english, mathematics, science;
• construct and articulate a personal philosophy of english, mathematics and science.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

ED2193 and ED3192 and ED3194

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coordinator:	Dr Fiona Walls
Lecturers:	Dr Geoff Ward, Dr Fiona Walls, Dr David Lake.
Contact hours:	39 hours lectures 39 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (25%); in-class tasks - mathematics, science, english (38%); partially-invigilated - oral presentation of students' out-of-class work - mathematics (20%); english assessment (17%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Assessment will vary according to strand. A proportion of the assessment in each strand will consist of in-class tasks and/or assignments consisting of one or a combination of: e-portfolio containing responses to readings, reflection on learning, reflection on workshop tasks; lesson and/or Unit plans; in-class assessment of workshop tasks; in-class presentations; glossary of significant KLA terms; examples of student's work. Science and music strands will include an end of semester exam.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.