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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 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

    Teaching Integrated Science in Middle and Upper Primary Years

  • Unit Code

    SCE4275

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Elisabeth TAYLOR

Description

This unit provides pre-service teachers with opportunities to explore the role of science as the centre of an integrated approach to teaching in middle and upper primary years. Students will create and evaluate learning experiences for children that incorporate science with other learning areas under the theme of sustainability. Students also select and critique commercially-produced science teaching resources for use in the classroom.

Prerequisite Rule

Must pass 1 unit from SCE3240 or SCE3260

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe the purpose and value of an integrated approach to science teaching in the middle and upper primary years.
  2. Identify appropriate teaching and learning strategies to develop children's scientific literacy.
  3. Plan, develop, and assess integrated learning experiences for children in the middle and upper primary years based on contemporary curriculum documents.
  4. Explore, appraise, and justify the use of commercially-produced science teaching resources in middle and upper primary classrooms.

Unit Content

  1. Science teaching in middle and upper primary years using an interdisciplinary approach.
  2. Planning and assessing integrated learning experiences.
  3. Use of contemporary socio-scientific issues in science education.
  4. Contemporary curriculum documents related to science and other relevant learning areas.
  5. Critical examination of commercially-produced science teaching resources.
  6. Use of ICT and interactive pedagogies to enhance teaching and learning of science.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered8 x 4 hour seminar7 x 4 hour seminar

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars, structured activities, discussions and/or online learning activities.

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
PortfolioSustainability assignment40%
AssignmentLearning Plan60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioSustainability assignment40%
AssignmentLearning Plan60%

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

    Teaching Integrated Science in Middle and Upper Primary Years

  • Unit Code

    SCE4275

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Elisabeth TAYLOR

Description

This unit provides pre-service teachers with opportunities to explore the role of science as the centre of an integrated approach to teaching in middle and upper primary years. Students will create and evaluate learning experiences for children that incorporate science with other learning areas under the theme of sustainability. Students also select and critique commercially-produced science teaching resources for use in the classroom.

Prerequisite Rule

Must pass 1 unit from SCE3240 or SCE3260

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe the purpose and value of an integrated approach to science teaching in the middle and upper primary years.
  2. Identify appropriate teaching and learning strategies to develop children's scientific literacy.
  3. Plan, develop, and assess integrated learning experiences for children in the middle and upper primary years based on contemporary curriculum documents.
  4. Explore, appraise, and justify the use of commercially-produced science teaching resources in middle and upper primary classrooms.

Unit Content

  1. Science teaching in middle and upper primary years using an interdisciplinary approach.
  2. Planning and assessing integrated learning experiences.
  3. Use of contemporary socio-scientific issues in science education.
  4. Contemporary curriculum documents related to science and other relevant learning areas.
  5. Critical examination of commercially-produced science teaching resources.
  6. Use of ICT and interactive pedagogies to enhance teaching and learning of science.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered8 x 4 hour seminar7 x 4 hour seminar

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars, structured activities, discussions and/or online learning activities.

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
PortfolioSustainability assignment40%
AssignmentLearning Plan60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioSustainability assignment40%
AssignmentLearning Plan60%

Core Reading(s)

  • Vasquez, J. A. (2014). STEM Beyond the acronym. Educational Leadership, 72(4), 10–15. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.ecu.edu.au/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eue&AN=100106690&site=ehost-live&scope=site

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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