Available in 2024
Course code

EDUC3052

Units

10 units

Level

3000 level

Course handbook

Description

This course will develop students' pedagogical understanding of programming and assessment procedures suitable for use within the science Key Learning Area. It will consider the rationales of the Stage 6 science syllabi, program design and development of assessment strategies suitable for work appropriate to a NSW syllabus, drawing on their science major.


Availability2024 Course Timetables

Callaghan

  • Semester 1 - 2024

Learning outcomes

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

1. Develop science lesson plans and programs for their discipline major at the Stage 6 level of the 7-12 curriculum;

2. Demonstrate integration of aims, objectives, content, outcomes and banded statements of learner achievement;

3. Use a range of strategies, technologies and resources for teaching their discipline major;

4. Apply their understanding of key assessment issues to the preparation of a specific Stage 6 assessment task relevant to their science major; and

5. Use the educational literature to defend practice within current Board of Studies parameters.


Content

  • Patterns and principles of assessment in NSW Science courses
  • Impact of changing national policies on NSW assessment practice
  • Deep understanding of principles of standards-based assessment
  • Integration of coherent assessment principles into unit design and programming

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

EDUC1101 and EDUC2052


Assessment items

Proposal / Plan: Unit Plan

Essay: Essay


Contact hours

Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan

Field Study-1
  • Face to Face Off Campus 6 hour(s) per week(s) for 1 week(s) starting in week 8
  • Field work, one day off campus (Saturday)
Lecture-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 8 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 8 week(s) starting in week 1

Course outline