ESS755 - General Science Curriculum Inquiry Senior Years

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Cohort rule:

Students commencing in 2020 must be enrolled in course D304, E760, E763 or E765

Prerequisite:

D304 students must have passed 24 credit points of study at levels 1, 2 & 3 with a minimum WAM of 60%

Students enrolled in course E763 or E765 commencing 2020, must pass unit EEE754, plus 1 unit from EEE755, EEE756, EPR731, EPR751, EPR781

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: ESP706
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

4 x 6.5-hour on-campus intensive (seminars) per trimester (in non-placement teaching weeks - approx. 3, 4, 10, & 11 from 9.00am - 3.30pm)

Scheduled learning activities - online

4 x 1.5-hour online seminars per trimester (in non-placement teaching weeks - approx. 6-9 weeks)

Approximately 6-hours of online learning tasks and discussions per week (in non-placement teaching weeks – approx. 6-9 weeks)

Content

This unit focuses on the teaching and learning of science in practical activity situations, the role of digital technology in the science classroom and the affordances to learning science through student engagement in informal settings.

This unit also has a particular focus on critiquing and developing resources and informal learning situations, informed by contemporary research literature, to enhance the teaching and learning of science.

Unit Fee Information

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