ED3213 - Science Curriculum Year 10

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Education

Available to students enrolled in Bachelor of Education (Middle Schooling and Secondary). NOTE: Lectures for the Townsville offering of this subject are delivered online through LearnJCU and requires students to have access to the World Wide Web for participation in the subject.

Learning and teaching science in the secondary school will be the focus of this subject. During the program, students should become familiar with the syllabus requirements in Junior Science (Science Years 1-10 syllabus). The issues addressed throughout the subject will be grounded in practice and informed by current research and philosophical positions. The subject will include investigation of the rationale for the Science curriculum, the nature and design of the syllabus 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. Some of these topics will include: conceptual learning, learning environments, scientific literacy, teaching strategies, "constructivism" as a referent for practice, curriculum materials and professional practice.

Learning Outcomes

• construct viable models or referents for professional practice;
• develop an understanding of knowledge, learning and appropriate teaching strategies;
• reflect on their professional activities;
• review current research in secondary school science education and interpret its implications for classroom practice;
• identify and evaluate the curriculum framework, content, processes and skills including different assessment modes.

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 find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• 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 communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• 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.

Prerequisites:	ED2488 OR ED2499
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ED5225

Availabilities
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Face to face teaching (1 tutorial per week for 13 weeks in conjunction with regular weekly online lectures and assignments)
Coord/Lect:	Dr David Lake.
Contact hours:	13 hours tutorials 26 hours - Regular weekly online lectures and assignments
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); invigilated lesson planning assignment (30%); assignments (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	80% attendance
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coord/Lect:	Dr Hilary Whitehouse.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); assignments (30%); invigilated lesson planning assignment (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	80% attendance

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.