EPS735 - Primary Science and Technology Education
| Year: | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 3: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in course E762, E764, E765, E778 |
| Prerequisite: | Students commencing course E762, E764, E765 in 2020 must have passed 2 units from EEE754, EEE755, EEE756, EPR721, EPR751, EPR771, EPR781 Students in E762.3 must have passed 4 credit points including EPR781 |
| Corequisite: | Students enrolled in E778: ESL010 |
| Incompatible with: | EES540, ESS540 |
| 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-site school-based seminar (field trip to excursion sites) per week in non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 5 weeks) (in weeks TBA) |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week |
| In-person attendance requirements: | School-based learning experiences 1-4 (date to be advised) |
| Note: | Small group teaching of primary aged students is a central element of this unit. |
Content
The unit covers the following topics:
- science and design & technologies pedagogies: conceptual change, multi-modal representations
- linking research, theory and resources to practice
- states and national curricula planning – planning and implementing a sequence of science and design and technologies lessons
- science and technology practical activities
- the nature of science and the relationship between design and technologies and science
- the relationships between science and technology to the capabilities curriculum: higher order thinking and reasoning, creativity and imagination, ethical decision making, and intercultural competence
- resources for a contemporary primary science classroom, including the use of the community, teacher professional associations, and ICT to support learning in Science and Design and Technologies
- assessment, as, of and for learning – diagnostic and formative and summative
- science conceptual knowledge
- design thinking
- safety in science and design and technologies teaching and excursions
- Whole school approaches to teaching science.
Unit fee information
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Hurdle requirements
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) |
|---|---|---|
| Complete and document six primary science practical activities. | Practical activities are the heart of science teaching. To become a teacher of primary science you need to explore and illustrate engaging and authentic science and technology pedagogies and practices in the teaching of primary students. This is best, and most enjoyably, done by doing the practical activities that you will get your students to do yourself. Most primary science practical can be done in your kitchen with readily available materials but we will provide opportunities to practice practical activities (and learn science) in your seminars and at two weekend practical activity days. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |