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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Technology Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    TEF6600
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Carol Kathleen PUDDICOMBE

Description

This unit examines the rationale and objectives for teaching and learning in the Technology learning area as specified in both the Australian and Western Australian curriculum. It aids preparation for teachers to develop their skills in the areas of curriculum, pedagogy, planning, assessment and reporting in technology subjects for secondary schooling for years 7-10. Students will develop their knowledge and understanding of the aims, content and organisation of the curricula. They will explore the relationship between the outcomes of the curricula and effective pedagogy while acquiring skills in the planning for teaching in a technology classroom. The unit also provides an introduction to the philosophy of technology education and how this affects classroom practice.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded EDU5222.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Investigate, plan and accurately create teaching plans in line with the Australian Curriculum in technology education.
  2. Construct and develop an evidence-based teaching philosophy for technology education in Australia.
  3. Advocate for technology education by explaining its purpose, nature and goals in the Australian curriculum.
  4. Critically analyse and evaluate relevant research in the field of technology education to inform practice.

Unit Content

  1. Examine the Australian and Western Australian Technology curriculum.
  2. Developing learning programs for Years 7-10 secondary students.
  3. Develop an understanding of Philosophy of technology education.
  4. Develop an understanding of Teaching design and technology.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

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.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayResearch essay on the Philosophy of Technology Education40%
ProjectProject with all the required resources60%

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 Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Technology Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    TEF6600
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Carol Kathleen PUDDICOMBE

Description

This unit examines the rationale and objectives for teaching and learning in the Technology learning area as specified in both the Australian and Western Australian curriculum. It aids preparation for teachers to develop their skills in the areas of curriculum, pedagogy, planning, assessment and reporting in technology subjects for secondary schooling for years 7-10. Students will develop their knowledge and understanding of the aims, content and organisation of the curricula. They will explore the relationship between the outcomes of the curricula and effective pedagogy while acquiring skills in the planning for teaching in a technology classroom. The unit also provides an introduction to the philosophy of technology education and how this affects classroom practice.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded EDU5222.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Investigate, plan and accurately create teaching plans in line with the Australian Curriculum in technology education.
  2. Construct and develop an evidence-based teaching philosophy for technology education in Australia.
  3. Advocate for technology education by explaining its purpose, nature and goals in the Australian curriculum.
  4. Critically analyse and evaluate relevant research in the field of technology education to inform practice.

Unit Content

  1. Examine the Australian and Western Australian Technology curriculum.
  2. Developing learning programs for Years 7-10 secondary students.
  3. Develop an understanding of Philosophy of technology education.
  4. Develop an understanding of Teaching design and technology.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

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.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayResearch essay on the Philosophy of Technology Education40%
ProjectProject with all the required resources60%

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 Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

TEF6600|2|2