Not currently offered
Course code

EDUC2245

Units

10 units

Level

2000 level

Course handbook

Description

This course provides an introduction to curriculum, pedagogy and assessment for teaching the Industrial Technology Syllabi. It provides students with an opportunity to understand the various discourses that inform teachers' knowledge and pedagogical practice as well as critically engaging with models of pedagogy. Students will also develop practical skills using and teaching timber, as well as building upon workplace health and safety practices.


Availability

Not currently offered.

This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2023.


Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Design challenging, engaging, and supportive project-based learning activities and assessment for teaching the Stage 5 Design/Industrial Technology Syllabi.

2. Critically engage with various discourses / demands/ approaches to pedagogy / theories that capture the complexities of the curriculum.

3. Demonstrate the use of timber/metal/plastic skills in creating a product/system/environment and digital folio.

4. Demonstrate the teaching of numeracy skills when measuring, cutting to size and calculating quantities to manufacture timber/metal items.


Content

This course introduces students to:

Curriculum

    Industrial Design Syllabus    Planning Lessons, Programming/Unit of Work/Resources

Pedagogy

    Contemporary approaches to pedagogy (incl. the NSW Quality Teaching framework).    Academic culture, literacy, numeracy and technacy.    Design Process and Problem Based Learning    Teaching Strategies including: Demonstration, Practical organisation, Engaging students in practical Activity, Group work, Cooperative Learning and Report Writing

Assessment

    Outcome based Assessment    Measuring the quality of Student Learning    Bloom"s/Krathwohl, SOLO Taxonomies    BOSTES website/ARC Resource Centre

Skills

    Workplace Safety    Timber, Metal, Plastic    ICT-Web 2.0 Tools


Requisites

Enrolment in this course is dependent on meeting the teacher education admission milestone of successful completion of

- Three HSC band 5s (including one in English) or

- 80 units of UoN courses or

- BOSTES approved comparable pathways or

- Commencement in the program pre 2016

If you have successfully completed EDUC4067 you cannot enrol in this course.

Teacher Education Milestone


Assumed knowledge

Students should have completed EDUC1101 and EDUC2145. It is expected that in EDUC1101 they would have enrolled in the Design and Technology tutorial.


Assessment items

Essay: Essay

Proposal / Plan: Unit Plan

Project: Projects

Course outline