Curriculum and Instruction Senior Secondary: Science
PostgraduateCUR-MTS5152025
Get prepared to teach upper secondary science. Learn to plan curriculums, assess and develop teaching strategies. Develop strong instructive skills reporting to educational stakeholders. Create individual learning plans to meet diverse student needs.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 23 Nov 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 June 2025,
- 1 Dec 2025
- Price from
- $2,735
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Curriculum and Instruction Senior Secondary: Science
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- establish critical and reflective practice in Senior Secondary Science based on local, national and international theory, research and practice
- establish robust practices for the recording, providing feedback and reporting of student achievement in Senior Secondary Science to educational stakeholders
- apply high-level discipline knowledge, principles and concepts to plan and develop assessments to enhance learning for a diversity of students in Senior Secondary Science
- generate assessment strategies and interpret assessment data to evaluate and refine teaching programs to monitor, measure and make consistent and comparable judgements of student learning in Senior Secondary Science
- apply high-level discipline knowledge, principles and concepts to plan and develop inclusive and engaging teaching programs to enhance enhance learning for a diversity of students in Senior Secondary Science
- Curriculum and Pedagogy
- Planning
- Assessment
- Evaluating
This subject was previously known as Curriculum and Instruction Upper Secondary: Science.
Curriculum and Instruction Senior Secondary: Science prepares pre-service teachers to teach the Senior Secondary Science curriculum. The focus of the subject is on curriculum planning, teaching strategies, assessment, reporting, the demonstration of positive impact on student learning and research relating to Senior Secondary Science. The subject examines moderation, the provision of feedback and responding to a diversity of learners.
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- Critical Course Review and Reflection (50%)
- Portfolio of Senior Secondary Programming and Assessment and Reflection (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- CUR-EDS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary Education)
- CUR-SEC-MAS-2025 - Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary Education)
PostgraduateCUR-EDS-GDI
Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
PostgraduateCUR-SEC-MAS