| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 |
| Old unit code |
300.465 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to plan and present stimulating science lessons which help students achieve specified learning outcomes; demonstrate familiarity with Science Outcome Statements and adopt an outcomes-based approach to science teaching; and use a variety of methods to assess and report on student progress in science. |
| Content |
This unit is an introduction to teaching science in lower secondary school using an outcomes-based approach focusing on student-centred learning. Students develop an understanding of how pupils learn most effectively in science and are able to use this understanding to plan and implement learning programs in science. |
| Assessment |
This includes authentic learning tasks that develop the skills and competencies required for teaching science. Materials produced include a series of lesson plans and a learning program.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student or a student enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Education who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Winthrop Professor Grady Venville |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: enrolment in a Bachelor of Education combined course or the Graduate Diploma in Education; for students in the Bachelor of Education combined course: EDUC2202 Constructions of Teachers' Work |
| Advisable prior study: at least two Level 1 and two Level 2 units in biology, human biology, chemistry or physics |
Contact hours—workshops: 2 x 1.5 hrs per week for 10 weeks
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
- Assistance with study skills, including English language skills, is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students (see http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/learning). Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423.
- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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