Topics to be addressed in this unit include:<br/>• Lesson planning in science;<br/>• The nature of science and rationale for teaching it;<br/>• Research into students’ understandings of science and implications for teaching science; <br/>• Contemporary understandings about students’ learning of science;<br/>• Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) structure as it relates to the teaching of science.<br/>• The Nature of Science and implications for the teaching and learning of science – models and representations in science, and argumentation;<br/>• Assessing the development of students’ understandings and skills in science;<br/>• Teaching and learning... -- Course Website
Instructor: P Hubber
Prerequisites: A sub-major sequence in one area of science or an approved equivalent.
