EES440 - Primary Science Education 2
Unit details
Year | 2025 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Warrnambool, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Linda Hobbs |
Prerequisite: | Two units: One unit from EES245 or EES345 plus one unit from ETS302, ETP302 or ETP303 |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | ESS340, EES340 |
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 6 x 3-hour on-site practical experience (seminars) per week (approx. 6 weeks) 2 x 3-hour on-campus practical experience (workshop) per week (approx. 2 weeks)
NIKERI (CBD): 3 x 6-hour on-campus intensive (workshops/seminars) per trimester 8 x 1-hour online seminars per week for 8-weeks
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Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:*Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus) |
Content
The purpose of the unit is to build upon the ideas from Primary Science Education 1 but cover further content and extend into new pedagogical and curriculum strategies. The unit will incorporate extended experience working with small groups of primary school children, planning and implementing and reflecting on activity sequences. The focus would be on the planning of learning sequences to explore ideas in a more extended fashion: integration, higher order thinking and reasoning in science, planning extended investigations, design and creativity, e-learning, using community resources, the literacies of science, and formative and summative assessment. The role of science in the education of the whole child will be explored, and issues in integrating science with other content areas will be explored.
Learning Outcomes
ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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ULO1 | Plan, implement and evaluate effective learning experiences in a primary science context | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Communicate in written, oral and digital forms their results of inquiry into their teaching | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO3 | Use, interpret and critically analyse a range of curriculum support materials from a range of sources, including online resources | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO4 | Develop an understanding of the sciences and the importance of science in the lives of learners | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO5 | Critically reflect on the role of science-based learning experiences in promoting positive relationships between teacher and their students | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO6 | Apply understanding of the role of multiple representations, inquiry-learning sequences, and varied purposes of assessment when planning for children's science learning | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 - Unit plan rationale | 1400 word or equivalent | 35% | Week 6 |
Assessment 2 - Reports of unit outcomes | 2600 word or equivalent | 65% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for EES440 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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