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Unit of Study EDU30008 - Advanced Secondary Curriculum Pedagogy II (2018)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    7

  • Level of learning

    Advanced

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    For Education students only

Unit description

This unit builds on Advanced Secondary Curriculum & Pedagogy I to extend students’ understanding of secondary teaching and learning in Science, HSIE or Performing Arts. Students acquire a deeper and more comprehensive theoretical basis for understanding teacher development and learner differentiation in their discipline. They critically evaluate assessment practices and construct innovative and differentiated solutions to respond to social and cultural diversity. As a capstone curriculum and pedagogy subject, students reflect deeply and individually on theory and research to position themselves as a beginning teacher in their chosen discipline.

Unit content

1. Implications and applications of contemporary philosophical and theoretical perspectives in Science, HSIE or Performing Arts

  • Examining evidence of mechanisms that allow discipline-specific developments to impact upon secondary Science, HSIE or Performing Arts teaching
  • Appropriate professional responses to discipline-specific advances.

2. Assessment of 21st century knowledge: evaluating, judging and justifying contemporary assessment practices

  • Deploying current pedagogical theory in the development of assessment
  • Integration of new and emerging ICT for ongoing formative assessment
  • Strategies for assessing students with different learning needs
  • Strategies for assessing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
  • Strategies for assessing culturally diverse learners
  • Strategies for assessing students with challenging behaviours

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 2 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Demonstrate a critical understanding of specific discipline philosophies and theories; and articulate a coherent explanation of how they connect to and influence classroom pedagogy.
2 Critically evaluate assessment strategies in existing curriculum and support documents in the context of learning in the 21st Century.
3 Generate innovative assessment solutions to cater for: learner differentiation; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students; cultural diversity; and students with behavioural challenges.
4 Demonstrate skills in evaluation, judgement and justification.
5 Demonstrate well-developed written and oral communication skills, as appropriate to the needs and expectations of the profession.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of specific discipline philosophies and theories; and articulate a coherent explanation of how they connect to and influence classroom pedagogy.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. Critically evaluate assessment strategies in existing curriculum and support documents in the context of learning in the 21st Century.
    • GA4:
  3. Generate innovative assessment solutions to cater for: learner differentiation; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students; cultural diversity; and students with behavioural challenges.
    • GA2:
    • GA5:
    • GA7:
  4. Demonstrate skills in evaluation, judgement and justification.
    • GA6:
  5. Demonstrate well-developed written and oral communication skills, as appropriate to the needs and expectations of the profession.
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.