ED5976 - Subject Discipline Knowledge
Credit points: |
03 |
Year: |
2019 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
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Administered by: |
College of Arts, Society & Education |
This subject has been designed to equip graduate student teachers (GSTs) with a strong
epistemological and subsequent pedagogical understanding of the practices and thinking
processes that underpin a selected secondary curriculum area to Year 12. With this
structural knowledge of the discipline secure, the necessary content knowledge of
a selected secondary teacher area will be explored with particular attention to aspects
of the subject to which GSTs may have had limited exposure. The subject will include
a critique of the nature and design of the curriculum frameworks in each area and
how well these align with the knowledge structure of the subject. Further, the majority
of the subject provides extended attention to developing GSTs content and pedagogical
content knowledge of the discipline so there is congruence between the epistemological
nature of the subject and the teaching of it. The primary goal of this subject is
to introduce students, through a detailed examination of the nature and content of
each discipline, to the cognitive activity associated with each discipline. In this
analysis of the discipline knowledge, the role of thinking processes, especially inquiry;
the relationship between technology and its influence on each discipline; and the
range of approaches to inquiry that are evident across the disciplines are explored.
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance, structure and
attributes of the content and the disciplines of the specialist secondary curriculum
subject;
- apply the knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance, structure and attributes
of the content and the disciplines of the subject to a historical and/or contemporary
example of endeavour within the secondary curriculum subject;
- design an inquiry, for a selected audience, with explicit consideration made for the
social, intellectual, developmental, linguistic and cultural characteristics of the
learners;
- select, with justification, and implement effective strategies to communicate understanding
of the role of inquiry in the disciplines of the subject;
- apply knowledge of professional learning in a personal inquiry with the support of
a subject discipline academic focused on self-identified professional learning requirements.
Assumed Knowledge:
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Assumed knowledge from previous degree(s) and completion all four Senior Secondary
Curriculum 1 and Senior Secondary Curriculum II subjects.
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Availabilities
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Townsville,
Internal,
Study Period 1
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Census Date 28-Mar-2019 |
Coord/Lect: |
Dr Bryan Smith. |
Contact hours: |
- 18 hours tutorials - Web-based lectures and tutorials
- 18 hours - Web-based supported learning
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Assessment: |
presentations (30%); assignments (70%). |
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Cairns,
Internal,
Study Period 1
|
Census Date 28-Mar-2019 |
Coord/Lect: |
Dr Bryan Smith. |
Contact hours: |
- 18 hours tutorials - Web-based lectures and tutorials
- 18 hours - Web-based supported learning
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Assessment: |
presentations (30%); assignments (70%). |
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Note:
Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement
process, and in case of
minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
official information.