EDUC2145
10 units
2000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course provides an introduction to curriculum, pedagogy and assessment for teaching the Stage 5 Elective Technology Syllabi including: Food, Textiles, Industrial Technology and IST. 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 vital practical skills required in teaching Stage 4 and 5 Technology Syllabi
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Design challenging, engaging, and supportive programs for teaching the Stage 5 Elective Technology Syllabi.
2. Critically engage with various approaches to pedagogy / theories that capture the complexities of the curriculum.
3. Develop and complete Project Based learning activities and assessment tasks for Stage 4 and 5 Technology.
4. Apply a range of teaching strategies to a teaching situation.
Content
By the end of this course students will have knowledge, understanding and skills about:
- Curriculum
- Stage 5 Elective Syllabus, including practical experiences
- Stage 4 Mandatory Technology skills
- Planning Lessons, ProgrammingUnits of Work, writing assessment tasks
- Contemporary approaches to pedagogy (incl. the NSW Quality Teaching framework).
- Academic culture, literacy, numeracy
- Writing a scope and sequence
- Design Process and Problem Based Learning
- Teaching Strategies including: Problem Based Learning, Direct Instruction, Discussion, Problem Solving, Secondary and Primary Research, Group work, demonstrations, inquiry learning
- Assessment for and of Learning
- Outcome based Assessment
- Assessing Practical Work
- Regulatory Authority website/ARC Resource Centre Skills
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
- Regulatory authority approved comparable pathways
Teacher Education Milestone
Assumed knowledge
Students should have completed EDUC1101. It is expected that they would have enrolled in the Design and Technology tutorial.
Assessment items
Proposal / Plan: Unit Plan
Project: Development of an Assessment program
Presentation: Peer Teaching task utilising ICT
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Online 10 hour(s) per term
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Face to face on campus - weeks 1-3 and 10-12Off-site compressed delivery 2 days (equiv. weeks 4-9)
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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