Design and Technology Education 4

Course aim

To advance students’ pedagogical skills and repertoires for the teaching of technological and design literacy in middle and secondary schools.

Course content

Elaborate curriculum analysis; Gender and Design and Technology; Sustainability; Technologies and the democratic process; Analysis and application of students’ prior studies, learning and experience; Analysis of design and technological processes; Understandings of student cultural diversity and varied educational needs; Learning and intelligence theories and their applications in Design and Technology Education; Clarification of specialist and generalist educational needs of Design and Technology school students; Experiential brief and project work, development of varied small and medium scale teaching packages for school students. Synthesis of the above into quality learning experiences for a diverse range of school students while addressing motivation, planning, resourcing, assessment and evaluation issues.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Curriculum document, Essay, Teaching package

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.