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Launceston, Cradle Coast

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Unit name Planning and Assessing in Primary Science
Unit code EPR350
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School College of Arts, Law and Education
Faculty of Education
Discipline Education
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Learning Outcomes

  1. Articulate your understanding of scientific concepts and pedagogies appropriate for primary and early childhood teaching.
  2. Plan, implement and reflect critically upon science teaching activities, aligned with the Australian curriculum: science and/or EYLF, that incorporate effective diagnostic, formative and summative assessment.
  3. Construct and justify lesson, unit and/or year plans that enable the optimisation of links between science content, general capabilities, cross-curricula perspectives, teaching resources and learners own lives.
  4. Communicate in a scholarly and appropriate manner.

Fees

Requisites

ESH250 or EPR150 or ESH150

Prerequisites

Teaching

Assessment

Task 1: Exploring unit planning in science, 1500 words (35%)

Task 2: Implementing a Unit of Work, 2500 words (55%)

Task 3: Microteaching (10%)

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