EDUC4245
10 units
4000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course provides an introduction to curriculum, pedagogy and assessment and NESA requirements for teaching Stage 6 Technology Syllabi. It provides students with an opportunity to understand the various discourses on current issues that inform teachers' knowledge and pedagogical practice, as well as critically engaging with models of pedagogy.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Design challenging, engaging, and supportive scope and sequence and units for teaching the Stage 6 Technology curriculum of their first and/or second teaching areas.
2. Utilise appropriate pedagogies, resources, and assessment practices for teaching Stage 6 Technology
3. Understand the assessment requirements of the NSW Higher School Certificate.
4. Understand issues involved in managing and supervising senior technology projects.
Content
This course introduces students to:
Curriculum
- Stage 6 Technology syllabi
- Planning Lessons, Programming/Unit of Work/Resources
Pedagogy
- Contemporary approaches to pedagogy (incl. the NSW Quality Teaching framework).
- Academic culture, literacy and numeracy issues.
- Problem Based Learning, Design, Communication, Research, Innovation, Emerging Technologies, Sustainability, Evaluation.
- Professional Affiliates: TEA, IIATE, NSW Institute of Teachers, TEA. DECA, HEA, HHEA.
- Teaching Strategies including: Autonomous Learning Model, Case Study, Industry Studies, Oral Presentations, Research, Discourse and Mentoring.
Assessment
- Scope and Sequence
- New HSC Assessment Requirements
- Whole School Assessment
- Using SMART and Scout Data to analyse HSC results.
- Using formative and summative data
- Stage 6 Specific Technology Subject Assessment Requirements
- HSC assessment and examination
- Oral and Written reports
Skills
- Major Project and Folio Management
Requisite
Course Replacement:
You cannot enrol if you have successfully completed any of the following course(s):
EDUC3031
Enrolment in this course is dependent on meeting the Teacher Education Admission Milestone which requires meeting at least one of the following criteria:
- Three HSC Band 5s (including one in English), or
- Successful completion of 80 units of courses at the University of Newcastle, or
- Regulatory authority approved comparable pathways, or
- Commencement in the program prior to 2016.
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
Written Assignment: Written Task
Presentation: Presentation
In Term Test: Examination
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Online 8 hour(s) per term
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 8 week(s) starting in week 1
- Note: Tutorials may be conducted on a weekly basis or grouped in multiple day-long or half-day intensives, possibly on a weekend or during semester break.
Workshop-1
- Face to Face Off Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 8 week(s) starting in week 1
- Note: Workshops may be conducted on a weekly basis or grouped in multiple day-long or half-day intensives, possibly on a weekend or during semester break. Workshops will be held off-site at Merewether High School.
Course outline
- EDUC4245 - Semester 1, 2024 (All) (PDF, 239.0 KB)
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