ED5233 - Curriculum Essentials 3: Science, SOSE and Technology

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

Available only to Graduate Diploma of Education (Years 1 to 9) students only

This subject addresses principles and practices related to teaching and learning in Science, Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) and Technology within primary and middle school. The subject will develop pre-service teachers' competence in planning, implementing and assessing environmental and social inquiries that position students as agents for change. The subject will equip pre-service teachers with a repertoire of strategies to promote students' capacity to ask important questions; collect, validate and analyse data; and arrive at well-reasoned conclusions and sustainable courses of action. The subject will consolidate pre-service teachers' own knowledge and understanding of socio-ecological systems and processes with a view to inspire them to educate for local and global sustainability.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate an understanding of interactions between chemical, biophysical, economic, social and political systems;
• identify opportunities to consider indigenous and diverse perspectives and accommodate the needs and interests of all students within inquiry contexts;
• employ strategies to promote students' capacity to work scientifically and critically within social and environmental inquiry contexts;
• demonstrate knowledge of Science, SOSE and Technology assessable elements and standards and their application in practice;
• employ strategies which explicitly and purposefully promote students literacy, numeracy and ICT skills as integral to effective data collection and analysis, and communication of findings.

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 acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

ED5223 AND ED5224

Availabilities
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Michelle Lasen
Lecturers:	Dr Ruth Hickey, Dr Michelle Lasen.
Contact hours:	39 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	fair test investigation (20%); integrated inquiry sequence: digital presentation (50%); hands-on learning science activities/science on the oval (20%); integrated inquiry sequence: oral presentation (10%).

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.