ED5225 - Secondary Curriculum 1

Credit points:	06
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Education

Available only to students enrolled in Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) [33506S O 33506] and Master of Teaching (Secondary) [34604B O 34604]. Must be completed with or before ED5218.

This subject has been designed to equip pre-service teachers with the necessary knowledge and competencies to teach secondary curriculum areas to Year 10. The subject will include fundamentals of and current debates in, curriculum design. Teaching areas offered align with Key Learning Areas-KLAs (English, Social Science, Science, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Technologies and Business). Second Languages and the ARTS are available via cross-institutional study. Students will select two KLAs. The subject will include investigation of the rationale for each subject area, the nature and design of the syllabus in each area including examples of Queensland and international syllabi. The subject will develop discipline specific lesson and unit planning, assessment and teaching strategies appropriate to Year 10. This subject will include 5 days of professional experience.

Learning Outcomes

• construct and articulate a personal philosophy informed by the nature of knowledge and characteristics of developmentally appropriate and socially just curriculum in chosen areas;
• create and evaluate modes of inquiry and structures appropriate to their chosen KLAs;
• evaluate various teaching methods, materials and media as they relate to secondary school age student learning;
• identify and evaluate the curriculum framework, content, processes and skills different assessment modes in each teaching area;
• create ways of organising the learning environment to ensure effective learning and teaching.

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 evaluate that information;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• 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 communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coordinator:	Ms Helen McDonald
Lecturers:	Dr Donna Rigano, Mrs Justine Olsen, Dr David Lake, jc166693.
Contact hours:	78 hours lectures - Contact hours (not including fieldwork, clinical placement or prof. experience) 65 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	to be selected from a range of options including exam, presentation (50%); to be selected from a range of options including essay, case study (50%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Satisfactory completion of five days professional experience.

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.