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Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: Science

Postgraduate | CUR-MTS510 | 2018

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Get prepared to teach lower secondary science. Create positive student interactions and encourage learning. Study teaching and reporting strategies and stakeholder engagement. Learn to moderate, give feedback and respond to student’s individual needs.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
13 weeks

HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: Science

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. establish critical and reflective practice in Lower Secondary Science based on local, national and international research
    2. evaluate teaching strategies that support and enhance students’ literacy and numeracy development
    3. appraise a range of resources, including technologies, and make appropriate selections to inform Lower Secondary Science teaching programs
    4. integrate knowledge of the needs of students from diverse backgrounds and across the full range of abilities to develop differentiated teaching and learning experiences that support and challenge all students in Lower Secondary Science
    5. apply high-level discipline knowledge, principles and concepts to plan, deliver and evaluate teaching and learning experiences with demonstrated impact in Lower Secondary Science.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements -

    Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative, access to video creation and editing software.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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