Technology by Design

Course aim

To develop preservice teachers' knowledge, skills and professional expertise and apply their skills in design and technology education to meet the identified needs of a range of stakeholder’s through engagement in placed based learning projects.

Course content

Preservice teachers will extend their knowledge and work collaboratively within professional environments to liaise, negotiate and collaborate with stakeholders to identify and meet a diverse range of design based needs. For example, preservice teachers may work with schools to develop school gardens such as those established through the community programs. Preservice teachers will refine and apply their planning for teaching skills to collaboratively produce scoped and sequenced teaching packages.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 4229	STEM: A Project Based Pedagogy

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Tutorial	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, Professional plan, Project

Fees

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