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Teaching Digital Technologies ESH731
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Introduction
This unit prepares teachers in secondary schools to plan, teach and assess the Australian Curriculum: Technologies Digital Technologies. Students will learn the fundamentals of digital computers and educational theories applicable to their use in schools. You will find how to use specific pedagogical resources to plan lessons and assess learning against the achievement standards of the curriculum. As solutions are coded in the general-purpose language of Python, we will trace outputs, optimise designs and modularise programs. Teach the use of computational thinking and the key concepts of abstraction; data collection, representation and interpretation; specification, algorithms and implementation to create digital solutions. Assessment: Small group project to evaluate real-world problem solving and coding skills (50%); Essay on pedagogy, theory and evaluating student achievement in Digital Technologies (50%).
Summary
| Unit name | Teaching Digital Technologies |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ESH731 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| College/School | College of Arts, Law and Education Faculty of Education |
| Discipline | Education |
| Coordinator | Associate Professor Andrew Fluck |
| Delivered By | University of Tasmania |
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Learning Outcomes
- Create and implement learning materials, and evaluate student learning achievement in the Australian Curriculum: Technologies – Digital Technologies.
- Execute and evaluate the teaching of Python programming in a range of contexts.
Fee Information
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Teaching
| Assessment | Case or problem activated learning (50%)|Essay (50%) |
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Textbooks
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