EMT441 Curriculum Method: Agriculture (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Curriculum Studies (CURIC)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject explores science and agricultural education as a medium for the development of adolescent children in the secondary school. It examines current Years 7-12 syllabus guides and outcomes, curriculum material and recent research in science and agricultural education and provides the context for a developmental framework for education. The focus of the subject is on promoting skills in selecting, planning and implementing teaching sequences within a constructivist learning model and productive pedagogical frameworks.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Distance | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EMT441
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Entry into the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary), Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary), Bachelor of Education (TAS), Bachelor of Education (Health and PE) or as determined by the course coordinator.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- describe agriculture and science as a mode of human enquiry and its potential as a medium for the development of secondary school children;
- apply an understanding of constructivism through learning cycles in the development and design of teaching units, lesson sequences and individual lessons;
- appreciate how the influence of the learner's prior experiences and naïve understanding of scientific and technological ideas affects the teacher's preparation and programming to develop understanding of concepts;
- construct a program outline for secondary school agriculture and science which is consistent with current curriculum statements;
- access the range of resource materials available to support the teaching of agriculture and science-based topics in the secondary school;
- describe management procedures and approaches which will enable them to initiate and guide learning experiences for children;
- design lessons and lesson sequences which employ a range of teaching styles to achieve different education outcomes; and,
- select and apply appropriate assessment and evaluation techniques in the teaching of science and agriculture, within the context of assessment for learning.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- 7-12 Continuum of Agricultural education in the TAS KLA - Learning Cycles as a constructivist model for concept development in agriculture and science - The Agriculture Syllabi for stages 5 and 6 - Content and Context in teaching Agriculture - Learning styles and teaching strategies in agriculture and science - Lesson Planning - Programming Agriculture - Assessment for Learning - ICT's and teaching - Planning to teach for Diversity in literacy, cultural and gender.
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.