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Postgraduate CUR-MTP505-2021

Teaching Science in the Primary Years

Get ready to teach science in primary school. You’ll learn key approaches, tools and strategies. Focus on three strands of the Australian science curriculum: chemistry, physics and biology. Go over successful classroom management strategies.

From

$2,285 $2,535

Your upfront cost: $0

International student?

Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • HECS-HELP
  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 01 Mar 2021
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Start your career with Curtin’s globally recognised courses and extensive industry connections. Through OUA, our online courses offer an interactive and collaborative learning experience that gets you the same degree as if you studied on campus. Curtin is a global university with a vibrant culture of innovation and collaboration and is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide.

QS RANKING 2021

13

Times Higher Education Ranking 2021

13

  • 2021

Subject details

What you'll learn

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

  1. apply discipline knowledge of the concepts, substance and structure of the content of the three strands of the science curriculum to plan inquiry-based teaching and learning experiences and assessments that will impact on student learning
  2. design science-based learning activities that support the ethical, safe and appropriate use of ICTs in teaching and learning
  3. 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 primary science
  4. research sources in order to select appropriate resources to support science teaching and learning in primary schools.
Topics covered
    • Science Literacy - Investigations and inquiry
    • Science Literacy. Chemistry- Solids, liquids and gases
    • Chemistry- Physical and chemical change
    • Earth and space
    • Teaching Strategies 5E Model: Earth and space science
    • Lesson Planning, creating outcomes. Physics - electricity
    • Assessment Forms & uses. Physics - heating, cooling and freezing
    • Assessment applications. Physics - heating, cooling and freezing
    • Programming and Planning Units. Biology - living and non-living
    • Classroom Management and Safety. Biology - food webs and decomposing
    • ICT STEM. Literacies of Science
    • ICT STEM. Science as a Human Endeavour
    • Review and Reflection
Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core
  • CUR-PRI-MAS-2020
  • CUR-PRI-MAS-2021
Elective
  • CUR-SEC-MAS-2020
  • CUR-EDU-GCE-2021
  • CUR-EDU-GCE-2021
  • CUR-SEC-MAS-2021

Special requirements

  • OtherDetails -

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

Description

This subject prepares pre-service teachers to teach science in primary schools by exploring the three strands of the science curriculum. It integrates appropriate ICT tools and strategies and inquiry-based learning approaches. It develops science knowledge as well as teaching and learning practices in science in primary school contexts.

Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

Assessments

  • Exercises (60%)
  • Report (40%)
Textbooks

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

Related degrees

Postgraduate CUR-PRI-MAS-2020

Master of Teaching Primary Education

Postgraduate CUR-PRI-MAS-2021

Master of Teaching Primary Education

Postgraduate CUR-SEC-MAS-2020

Master of Teaching Secondary Education

Postgraduate CUR-EDU-GCE-2021

Graduate Certificate in Education

Postgraduate CUR-SEC-MAS-2021

Master of Teaching Secondary Education

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