Faculty of Education and Social Work
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EDCURRIC 708 - Special Topic: Making a Difference - Science
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Course description
30 points
A practice-focused examination of teaching and learning in science, using evidence-based evaluative inquiry to explore the teaching and learning of key science understandings. Includes critical examination of pedagogies in science and research into students’ science learning, including the nature of science.
Course director
Rena Heap
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Course overview
Push back against low engagement and falling achievement levels in primary science education in New Zealand. This course will support you in using science education research to design teaching sessions that are interesting and relevant to students, supporting their achievement of scientific literacy goals. Exploring both theory and classroom challenges, by the end of this course you will be able to identify problems of practice using inquiry approaches, integrate digital technology into your teaching, turn research findings into practical action and more.
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Learning outcomes
At the completion of this course, it is intended that students will be able to:- Understand important features of debates about the development of the school curriculum in a variety of national and global contexts, including but not limited to, New Zealand.
- Locate these debates within the literatures about curriculum studies and the sociology of the school curriculum
- Make links between the ideas discussed in the course and their own experience of teaching in educational settings
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Delivery modes
Weekly Lecture
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Currently scheduled classes
2018 Epsom (Semester 2): Weekly sessions on Mondays from 4:00-7:00pm
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Take this course
This course can be taken as a taught course in the following programmes:
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Recommended courses to take with this one
Course code Course name Semester/Campus EDCURRIC 760 Special Topic: Making a Difference – Mathematics and Statistics 2018 Epsom (Semester 1) -
School
Curriculum and Pedagogy
