Educators Inquiring About the World

• • You as a Learner: Basics of learning and inquiry; Learning styles; Collaboration
  • Unpacking inquiry: Inquiry and what inquiry looks like
  • Defining your research problem
  • Questioning: Creating questions to refine your problem
  • Locating: Finding information; Evaluating research data; Ethics
  • Curating: Using tools to store online research
  • Synthesising
  • Evaluating and reflecting
  • Communicating and presenting your report

• Study resources

  • Instructional methods

    • Web links
    • Online assignment submission
    • Discussion forum/Discussion Board

  • Online materials

    • Audio-Video streaming
    • Resources and Links

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• CUR-EDC171-Teachers Inquiring About the World

Special requirements

No special requirements

This subject was previously known as EDC171 Teachers Inquiring about the World.

This subject provides an introduction to systematic processes of inquiry which lay the foundation for meaningful interpretation and implementation of curriculum. Students will learn the principles of inquiry and be introduced to inquiry methodologies as well as discipline specific inquiry approaches for Science and HASS. A cross-curriculum priority will be chosen as the thematic focus for the unit. This will assist students when they are selecting a global and local issue as the topic of their inquiry project. The inquiry project will require students to use and develop skills in critical and creative thinking, analysis and evaluation, problem identification and problem solving, ICT, and collaborative participation, which are important WIL skills and 21st century competencies.

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• Project Plan (20%)
• Presentation (30%)
• Document (50%)