485-355 Learning Area: Sci & Technology 2 (Adv)

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

A minimum grade of H2A in 485-102 Learning Area: Science & Technology 1.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The study of technological systems and associated underlying scientific principles in the environmental and technological worlds relevant to primary children; the development of technological equipment and processes and their impact on the environment, for example, food production and processing, manufacturing, electronic systems, and technology and environmental change. Identification of sources of teaching materials, equipment and resources appropriate to the primary school level. Project studies related to aspects of children's technological world demonstrating the underlying scientific principles. The structure and content of the science and technology key learning areas of the Victorian Curriculum and Standards Framework and major relevant international and national curriculum perspectives.

Assessment

Written reports of workshop activities (1000 words) (20%); an assignment related to one of the studied aspects of the technological or environmental world (500 words) (10%); and a 2-hour examination at the end of each semester (70%).

Prescribed Texts

Reading guides will be provided at the beginning of the subject.

• Board of Studies, Curriculum and Standards Framework: Science. Melbourne 1995.
• Board of Studies, Curriculum and Standards Framework: Technology. Melbourne 1995.
• Australian Education Council, Technology: A Curriculum Profile for Australian Schools. Curriculum Corporation, 1994.
• Malcolm C, Science Teaching and Technology: A Curriculum Planning and Professional Development Guide. Curriculum Corporation, Carlton 1992.