EPS735 - Primary Science and Technology Education
| Year: | 2027 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 1-hour online seminar per week in week 1 2 x 2-hour on-site school-based seminar per week in weeks 2 - 11 1 x 3 hour on-campus Intensive per week for 2 weeks (weeks TBA) |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week in week 1 2 x 2-hour on-site school-based seminar per week in weeks 2 - 11 1 x 3 hour on-campus Intensive per week for 2 weeks (weeks TBA) |
| In-person attendance requirements: | School-based learning experiences 1-4 (date to be advised) |
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
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must successfully complete and document six primary science practical activities to evidence a minimum proficiency in the aligned discipline learning outcomes included in this unit.