Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Mathematics Education 1

Course aim

To enable constructivist perspectives of student learning and focuses on interactive approaches to teaching science and mathematics from Years 3 to 9.

Course content

Students will develop critical analysis of constructivist perspectives of learning, social constructivist pedagogies including approaches to teaching, thinking and working mathematically and scientifically. Students will investigate key concepts in sorting and classifying, pattern, number, living things, force and motion using an ecologically sustainable context of the Years 3 to 9 curriculum. Students will also investigate key concepts embedded in the biological and physical science substrands of the 'Science Understanding Strands', number and algebra strand from Year 3 to 9 curriculum. The students will use the planning, teaching and evaluation of learning experiences in their Professional Experience and Reflection 1 classrooms.

Textbook(s)

Van de Walle, J, Karp, K & Bay-Williams, J 2013, Elementary and middle school mathematics: teaching developmentally, 8th ed, Pearson, New York

Skamp, K 2012, Teaching primary science constructively, 4th ed, Cengage , South Melbourne

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	1 hour x 1 week (Introduction)
Workshop	3 hours x 12 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External (Lecture (online) )	1 hour x 1 week
External (Online activities)	3 hours x 12 weeks

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

Assessment

Essay, Plan, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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