Upon completion of this course, students will be expected to:

1. An understanding of the competing definitions of scientific literacy;
2. An understanding of the multimodal forms of scientific communication;
3. A knowledge of a wide range of practices and texts supporting the development of scientific literacy;
4. An understanding of how scientific knowledge may be related to students' everyday lives;
5. An ability to engage in discourse of and about science;
6. A capacity to evaluate the quality of scientific information on the basis of its source and the methods used to generate it.
7. A capacity to design instruction that challenges alternative conceptions of scientific phenomena.

This course will address:

1. The Multiliteracies Framework.
2. Constructs of Scientific literacy.
3. Subject specific vocabulary, metalanguage, and language structures and features of scientific discourse.
4. Pedagogies for developing the scientific literacy of young children.
5. Pedagogical approaches for challenging alternative conceptions of scientific phenomena.

EDST2090

Students who have completed EDST2090 should not be permitted to enrol in EDUC4802.

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Completion of EDUC2744 and SCIM2030 or other Science Studies would be advisable but is not essential.

Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning

Case Study
Email Discussion Group
Lecture
Student Projects
Tutorial

Lecture: for 12 hour(s) per Term for Full Term
Tutorial: for 24 hour(s) per Term for Full Term