EMS442 Curriculum Method 2: Science (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Curriculum Studies (CURIC)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject examines the current aims of the secondary science courses with particular emphasis on the senior courses in Years 11 and 12. The relevance of curriculum resources associated with the teaching of each syllabus is analysed. It covers the development of skills in the selection, planning, implementation and evaluation of extended teaching programs and their associated lesson sequences based on learning outcomes from the curriculum documents. The relationship between the nature and philosophy of science and the science syllabuses is examined. Selection of appropriate assessment and evaluation strategies within a standards based framework that monitors student progress and the achievement of learning outcomes is addressed.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
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| Distance | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EMS442
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
Enrolment restrictions:
Entry into the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary), Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary), or as determined by the course coordinator.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- incorporate K-12 policy statements into teaching programs for science curriculum documents;
- incorporate literacy skills and appropriate information and communication technology skills into their teaching of senior science programs;
- prepare school-based, comprehensive assessment programs based on specific senior science courses;
- develop strategies for reporting student progress using learning outcomes, indicators and profiles;
- implement programs and select appropriate curriculum materials to teach each of the senior science courses acknowledging the diversity of learner needs and demands;
- prepare teaching sequences for senior science concepts that draw upon teaching and learning research based evidence;
- relate the history and philosophy of science to science instruction;
- evaluate the appropriate use of computer technology in the science classroom; and,
- relate their teaching practice and view of science to various ideas about the nature of science.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- The HSC, policies and procedures in Stage 6 science. - K-12 policy statements and implications for developing programs. - The Stage 6 science syllabuses, philosophy, structure and content. - Developing an extended program for teaching an appropriate science course. - Enquiry teaching and the roles of field and laboratory based practical activities. - Assessment and evaluation of students and programs and reporting strategies for Stage 6 senior science courses. - The history, philosophy and nature of science. - Conducting a situational analysis including recognising student diversity and gender issues as part of programming a course based on identified student needs in the senior school. - The pedagogy of basic literacy and appropriate information and communication technology skills, and their incorporation into the teaching of Science. - Relate teaching science to developing student understanding of environmental sustainability. - Selecting relevant computer hardware and software for teaching Stage 6 courses.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.