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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Education : Science Education

485-323 Science Education and the Curriculum 2

Note:

This subject can be taken as a Link Study, usually in Year 4.

Credit Points:

5.6

Coordinator:

Terry Harrison

Prerequisite/s:

Science Education C4: The Research Basis (485-332).

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Two 2-hour workshops each week for half a semester

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

  • understand a range of contemporary issues in the sciences; and

  • devise ways of communicating them to others, particularly in secondary schools.

Content:

A range of contemporary ideas and issues in the sciences and science-related areas will be studied, together with skills in communicating such ideas, especially in secondary schools. Students will complete one module, chosen from a range such as industrial chemistry, national environmental issues, physical concepts, human manipulation of biological resources, computer applications and simulations.

Assessment:

One assignment of approximately 2000 words (100%) or two assignments of approximately 1000 words each (50% each).
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