EES245 - Teaching Primary Science 1
| Year: | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in E200, E359 |
| Prerequisite: | Students enrolled in course E359 must have passed 5 credit points at level 1 Students enrolled in course E200 must have passed at least 2 units from EAD110, EAD111 and EAD113 Students enrolled in course E330, NIL |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 3-hour on-campus seminar per week NIKERI (CBD): 3 x 6-hour on-campus intensive (workshops/seminars) per trimester (weeks TBA) 1 x 1-hour online seminars per week for 8-weeks |
| 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) E359 accelerated cohorts: on-campus and online learning activities available during ETP300 placement. |
Content
This unit introduces students to the practices of effective science teaching in primary schools. It continues to build their own understandings of the nature of science and dispositions towards science learning and teaching, and draws on contemporary theories of learning in science including constructivist and conceptual change perspectives, the role of representations and socially responsible scientific literacy. The unit consists of the content and teaching strategies of science topics drawn from physical, chemical, biological and earth sciences and science investigation processes linked to the Australian and Victorian curriculums. Students will learn how to organise science content into an effective teaching and learning sequence and approaches to supporting children to learn science concepts and skills at different stages of primary schooling. Students will be supported to plan and implement an effective teaching sequence with a small group of children in a local school.
Unit fee information
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