Science Education

Course aim

To engage pre-service educators in play based and social constructivist perspectives of learning in science including interactive approaches to teaching and thinking and working scientifically.

Course content

This course engages pre-service educators in play based and social constructivist perspectives of learning; current pedagogies including interactive approaches and the 5Es; thinking and working scientifically, and making links with thinking and working mathematically and educating for sustainably; planning, implementing, evaluating a unit of work in science that connects to the third professional experience; key concepts embedded in the biological, chemical, physical and earth and/or space sciences.

Textbook(s)

Primary Specialisation: Fleer, M et al 2006, Science and children: developing a personal approach to teaching, 3rd edition, Pearson, Sydney, NSW

Primary/Middle Specialisation: Skamp, K 2012, Teaching primary science constructively, 4th edition, Thomson, China

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 3061	Professional Experience 3: Assessment and Reporting
EDUC 3063	Studies in Mathematics Education 2

Those students enrolled in the Early Childhood and Primary specialisations and those students enrolled part-time in any of the Bachelor of Education specialisations are not expected to fulfil the corequisite requirements.

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop	3 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop	3 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online learning activities)	3 hours x 13 weeks

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

Assessment

Evaluation, Report, Round Table

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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