Science and Technology
Duration
- One Semester
Contact hours
- On-campus: 24 hours Face to face Swinburne online - Nil
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
| Higher Ed. Semester 1 | Higher Ed. Semester 2 | |
|---|---|---|
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Swinburne Online
| Teaching Period 1 | Teaching Period 3 | |
|---|---|---|
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
NilCorequisites
NilAims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Summarise the importance of science content, processes and attitudes in teaching young children.
2. Describe key science and technology concepts and explain how to promote concept development for children aged birth to five years of age.
3. Evaluate teaching approaches to science and technology appropriate to the content area and levels of understanding of the children they teach including assessment strategies.
4. Design learning opportunities, and learning plans that contribute to children’s interest in and understanding of scientific thinking using relevant science and technology curriculum documents from the relevant Early Years Learning Framework and/or the Victorian Early Years Developmental Learning Framework.
5. Create opportunities for design, technology and digital technologies to be integrated with science learning experiences.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
| Type (On-campus) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Face to Face Contact Workshop |
3 |
8 |
24 |
| Online Contact | N/A | ||
| Specified Learning Activities Prescribed readings Online activities | 6 | 8 | 48 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Readings Assignment preparation | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
| TOTAL | 150 hours/ 12.5 credit points |
| Type (SOL) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Face to Face Contact Workshop | N/A | ||
| Online Contact | N/A | ||
| Specified Learning Activities Prescribed readings Online activities | 6 | 12 | 72 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Readings Assignment preparation | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
| TOTAL | 150 hours/ 12.5 credit points |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Folio | Individual | 50% | 3, 4, 5 |
| Report | Individual | 50% | 1, 2, 5 |
General skills outcomes
• Analysis Skills.
• Problem Solving Skills.
• Communication Skills.
• Ability to work independently.
Content
• A big history approach to science.
• The fundamentals of technology – how things work.
• Attitudes and dispositions – a sense of wonder.
• Science experiences for children birth to five years.
• Essential instructional content for teaching science and technology.
• The use of ICT for communication purposes and for work preparation, presentation and implementation.
• Integrating science in the curriculum.
• Design and sequencing of tasks in teaching science and technology.
• Inquiry-based and problem-solving approaches.
• Maintaining a safe and challenging learning environment.
• Tools and practices for assessing, recording and reporting on children’s learning in science and technology.
• Using ICT to facilitate children’s learning.
• Federal and State departmental policy documents relating to teaching science and technology and their implications for teaching.
Study resources
- Reading materials.