School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Home Economics Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    HEE6711
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Sandra Faye SMITH

Description

This unit examines the rationale and objectives for Home Economics teaching and learning in preparation for the initial Secondary School teaching experience. Students will develop knowledge and understanding of the aims, content and organisation of curricula in the lower secondary school. They will explore the relationship between the outcomes of these curricula and effective pedagogy while acquiring skills in the planning for teaching in the Home Economics classroom.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HEE4110.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Identify curricula linked to Home Economics, within the Technologies Learning area, in alignment with the Western Australian Curriculum.
  2. Implement and evaluate best practice models of teaching and learning through a variety of Home Economics contexts, such as Food, Materials and Childcare.
  3. Plan lessons for Home Economics classes that initiate active learning in lower secondary classes.
  4. Recognise the need for and the procedures necessary to maintain a safe environment for school students working in the Home Economics environment, especially practical classes.

Unit Content

  1. Use the School Curriculum and Standards Authority curricula, including Scope and Sequence documents, encompassing the Technologies Learning Area for Western Australian Schools, to identify curricula linked to Home Economics.
  2. Use the Western Australian Curriculum to plan effective lessons at the lower secondary level for Home Economics, including assessment.
  3. Instructional techniques particular to Home Economics lessons including the organisation of practical classes, discussions, demonstrations group work and formal presentations.
  4. Investigation of the teaching role and skills needed to implement a variety of procedures in Home Economics classes, including the organisation of practical classes.
  5. Planning for safety and the potential dangers associated with the handling of equipment normally found in Home Economics classrooms.
  6. Specifying student behaviour, including methods of student motivation, classroom management techniques and the issuing of written and verbal instructions.
  7. The importance of self reflection and evaluation techniques to measure successful teaching.
  8. Factors involved in the selection/modification of educational resources, including print and non-print sources.
  9. Collection and organisation of resource material.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Blackboard documents and materials, lectures, collaborative group work and discussion, practical workshop activities, mini teaching, use of multi-media technology.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationDemonstration/Lesson Planning Assignment 60%
AssignmentDesign Brief Assignment 40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Home Economics Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    HEE6711
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Sandra Faye SMITH

Description

This unit examines the rationale and objectives for Home Economics teaching and learning in preparation for the initial Secondary School teaching experience. Students will develop knowledge and understanding of the aims, content and organisation of curricula in the lower secondary school. They will explore the relationship between the outcomes of these curricula and effective pedagogy while acquiring skills in the planning for teaching in the Home Economics classroom.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HEE4110.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Identify curricula linked to Home Economics, within the Technologies Learning area, in alignment with the Western Australian Curriculum.
  2. Implement and evaluate best practice models of teaching and learning through a variety of Home Economics contexts, such as Food, Materials and Childcare.
  3. Plan lessons for Home Economics classes that initiate active learning in lower secondary classes.
  4. Recognise the need for and the procedures necessary to maintain a safe environment for school students working in the Home Economics environment, especially practical classes.

Unit Content

  1. Use the School Curriculum and Standards Authority curricula, including Scope and Sequence documents, encompassing the Technologies Learning Area for Western Australian Schools, to identify curricula linked to Home Economics.
  2. Use the Western Australian Curriculum to plan effective lessons at the lower secondary level for Home Economics, including assessment.
  3. Instructional techniques particular to Home Economics lessons including the organisation of practical classes, discussions, demonstrations group work and formal presentations.
  4. Investigation of the teaching role and skills needed to implement a variety of procedures in Home Economics classes, including the organisation of practical classes.
  5. Planning for safety and the potential dangers associated with the handling of equipment normally found in Home Economics classrooms.
  6. Specifying student behaviour, including methods of student motivation, classroom management techniques and the issuing of written and verbal instructions.
  7. The importance of self reflection and evaluation techniques to measure successful teaching.
  8. Factors involved in the selection/modification of educational resources, including print and non-print sources.
  9. Collection and organisation of resource material.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Blackboard documents and materials, lectures, collaborative group work and discussion, practical workshop activities, mini teaching, use of multi-media technology.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationDemonstration/Lesson Planning Assignment 60%
AssignmentDesign Brief Assignment 40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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