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Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: Science
PostgraduateCUR-MTS5102024
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Get prepared to teach lower secondary science. Create positive student interactions and encourage learning. Study teaching and reporting strategies and stakeholder engagement. Learn to moderate, give feedback and respond to student’s individual needs.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $2,486
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: Science
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- establish critical and reflective practice in Lower Secondary Science based on local, national and international theory, research and practice
- appraise a range of resources, including technologies, and make appropriate selections, including those which support and enhance the development of general capabilities and literacy and numeracy, to inform Lower Secondary Science teaching programs
- apply high-level discipline knowledge, principles and concepts to plan and develop inclusive and integrated teaching and learning strategies and experiences to enhance learning for a diversity of learners in Lower Secondary Science
- apply high-level discipline knowledge, principles and concepts to plan and develop assessments that support differentiated learning; and inform further teaching plans in Lower Secondary Science
- Curriculum & Pedagogy
- Discipline Knowledge
- Teaching and Learning
- Planning & Assessment
Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: Science prepares pre-service Lower Secondary Science teachers. Focus will be on curriculum planning, teaching strategies, evaluation, resources, the demonstration of positive impact on student learning and research relating to Lower Secondary Science. Teaching and learning practices to support and challenge a diverse student cohort are explored.
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- Planning an Excursion (50%)
- Lower Secondary Science Teaching and Learning Program (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- CUR-SEC-MAS-2024 - Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
- CUR-EDS-GDI-2024 - Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary Education)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative, access to video creation and editing software.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
PostgraduateCUR-SEC-MAS
Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary Education)
PostgraduateCUR-EDS-GDI