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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Secondary Home Economics Education
  • Unit Code

    HEE6712
  • Year

    2020
  • 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 units builds on the preparation for teaching home economics and the planning of lessons within previous units. Teaching/learning strategies which are applicable to the home economics classroom, together with the evaluation of the effectiveness of those strategies are covered. Issues in the planning of programs for home economics courses are considered and programming skills are developed. Home economics upper school courses are introduced.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have completed HEE6711

Equivalent Rule

Unit previously coded HEE4216

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse subject matter, teaching and evaluation strategies and resources essential for the implementation of upper school courses relevant to home economics.
  2. Analyse the principles of programming which control the design of home economics offerings in Western Australian high schools.
  3. Apply equitable teaching behaviour and interactions to the planning and conduct of home economics lessons.
  4. Design self-evaluation instruments which are suitable for use by teachers and students in evaluation of their own progress in teaching and learning.
  5. Examine relevant issues, strategies and resources in order to prepare to make an effective transfer to teaching.
  6. Plan a programme appropriate for a topic within the lower school home economics units.
  7. Plan a variety of evaluation procedures which are appropriate for judging student progress in the three domains of learning.

Unit Content

  1. Assessment of home economics students progress. Reporting student progress. Self and peer evaluation.
  2. Examination of Year 11 and 12 Home Economics courses - Food Science and Technology, Children, Family and the Community and Materials Design and Technology (Textiles context).
  3. Planning a teaching program of work for a lower school home economics unit with particular reference to rationale writing, scope and sequence, continuity and coordination and consideration of student needs.
  4. Transition to teaching. Requirements for registration. AITSL standards for graduate teachers. Conditions and duties of beginning home economics teachers. Centre management concerns. Professional association and activities.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lecture, tutorial and group project.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProgramme Planning60%
PresentationPeer Teaching Task40%

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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Secondary Home Economics Education
  • Unit Code

    HEE6712
  • Year

    2020
  • 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 units builds on the preparation for teaching home economics and the planning of lessons within previous units. Teaching/learning strategies which are applicable to the home economics classroom, together with the evaluation of the effectiveness of those strategies are covered. Issues in the planning of programs for home economics courses are considered and programming skills are developed. Home economics upper school courses are introduced.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have completed HEE6711

Equivalent Rule

Unit previously coded HEE4216

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse subject matter, teaching and evaluation strategies and resources essential for the implementation of upper school courses relevant to home economics.
  2. Analyse the principles of programming which control the design of home economics offerings in Western Australian high schools.
  3. Apply equitable teaching behaviour and interactions to the planning and conduct of home economics lessons.
  4. Design self-evaluation instruments which are suitable for use by teachers and students in evaluation of their own progress in teaching and learning.
  5. Examine relevant issues, strategies and resources in order to prepare to make an effective transfer to teaching.
  6. Plan a programme appropriate for a topic within the lower school home economics units.
  7. Plan a variety of evaluation procedures which are appropriate for judging student progress in the three domains of learning.

Unit Content

  1. Assessment of home economics students progress. Reporting student progress. Self and peer evaluation.
  2. Examination of Year 11 and 12 Home Economics courses - Food Science and Technology, Children, Family and the Community and Materials Design and Technology (Textiles context).
  3. Planning a teaching program of work for a lower school home economics unit with particular reference to rationale writing, scope and sequence, continuity and coordination and consideration of student needs.
  4. Transition to teaching. Requirements for registration. AITSL standards for graduate teachers. Conditions and duties of beginning home economics teachers. Centre management concerns. Professional association and activities.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lecture, tutorial and group project.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProgramme Planning60%
PresentationPeer Teaching Task40%

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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