EDUC2245
10 units
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
- EDUC2245 - Semester 2, 2023 (All) (PDF, 582.1 KB)
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