Course overview
To introduce students to key constructs associated with how children learn science as the basis for planning and assessing disciplinary-based learning experiences across the primary years of schooling. Students will develop an understanding of inquiry-based and social constructivist perspectives of learning. Students will investigate current pedagogies, thinking and working scientifically and make links with other curriculum areas. Students will confidently and capably plan, implement and evaluate a unit of work in science that supports the building of inquiry skills, builds understanding of science concepts (embedded in biology, chemistry, earth and space and/or physical sciences) and makes connections to real-world context.
- Sorting and Classifying
- Biological Sciences Living Things - (Animals)
- Living Things - Plants
- The Night Sky
- The Night Sky 2
- Soils
- Materials
- States of Matter
- Energy
Course learning outcomes
- Describe key aspects of thinking and working scientifically and the role of scientific inquiry in planning for learning
- Design a sequence of science learning experiences that incorporate a range of pedagogical strategies to engage learners in thinking and working scientifically, and to build and assess understanding across all three strands of the Australian Curriculum: Science
- Develop, select, and use a range of resources, including digital resources, for teaching and assessing children’s scientific understanding
- Understand explicit teaching, modelling and scaffolding practices and explain how these support how a student’s brain learns
Availability
Class details
Magill
Group 1
Class number 30252
Section TU04
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 31429
Section TU03
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 31430
Section TU02
Size 25
Available 25
Online
Group 1
Class number 25031
Section 01OL
Size 60
Available 60
Mawson Lakes
Group 1
Class number 31432
Section TU03
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 31433
Section TU02
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 31434
Section TU01
Size 25
Available 25
Mt Gambier
Group 1
Class number 31435
Section TU01
Size 18
Available 18
Whyalla
Group 1
Class number 31436
Section TU01
Size 12
Available 12
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