Found 966 study abroad units
EUB005 The Global Teacher, Learner and Citizen
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- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
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- Undergraduate units
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This unit will provide you with opportunities to develop your capacity to teach in an interconnected, diverse and rapidly changing world. Building on your knowledge and expertise gained from your core units, the unit considers how learners can critically examine global developments that are significant to both the world at large and their own lives. Practitioner examples together with a variety of subject matter drawn from frameworks for global education including; global competence, intercultural education, global citizenship education, values education and education for sustainable development, will be considered through which key principles and practices of contemporary pedagogy will be explored. This unit will enhance your understanding of how a global and intercultural outlook can be embedded within your education setting.
EUB006 Differentiation and Gifted Education
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
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- Undergraduate units
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The aim of this unit is develop your professional knowledge of the philosophy and pedagogy of differentiation, and how to extend learners in an inclusive education context (including learners who may be identified as gifted). The learning in this unit will develop your understanding and skills of designing differentiation to cater for diverse learners by adjusting the content, processes of teaching and learning, products of learning, and the learning environment. It will also develop your understandings about identifying gifted learners, and providing tiers of support to include and extend diverse learners in an inclusive setting. This unit is in the developmental stage of the course, and will link to other learning on inclusive education and pedagogical approaches.
EUB007 Understanding Reading Difficulties
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
The unit focuses on knowledge and pedagogical skills related to teaching students who experience difficulty learning to read. It will cover strategies for planning, teaching and assessing, and strategies for engaging parents/carers. The context for learning will be framed by the Australian Curriculum: English and current research, relevant literacies theories, and empirical research. The unit enables you to build informed professional practices for teaching students with reading difficulties.
EUB008 Engaging with New and Emerging Technologies
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- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
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- Undergraduate units
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This unit develops the theoretical and practical approaches to using new and emerging digital technologies across the curriculum to connect and engage with students. It also offers the opportunity to create learning experiences for an authentic teaching and learning context, through QUT's collaboration with Fortitude Valley State Secondary College (FVSSC). Working both individually and collaboratively, you will participate in activities that require you to explore new schooling contexts in Australia and internationally, investigate technologies and apply them across all learning areas. The aims of this unit are to enable you to acquire skills and knowledge related to (i) introducing and using new and emerging technologies across a range of learning areas, and (ii) theoretical and practical perspectives associated with using these technologies in your future classroom.
EUB009 Teachers as Leaders and Entrepreneurial Thinkers
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- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
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- Undergraduate units
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As a teacher you are a leader, regardless of your organisational position. Leadership and entrepreneurial thinking involve enacted practices that shape who you are as a teacher. This unit aims to develop your practical leadership and enterpreneurial thinking skills to enable you to become confident in self-negotiated action, and influence your future working environment in a positive way. Understanding leadership and entrepreneurial thinking enables people who work in educational contexts to be well positioned in engaging with change, enabling organisational growth, and advocating for effective forms of professional practice. This unit enables you to engage with leadership and entrepreneurial thinking in your role in the teaching profession. It links to your previous study of learners and educational contexts to provide an important foundation for your professional identity and your future career as a teacher with leadership and entrepreneurial skills.
EUB010 Real World Integrated STEM Education
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- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
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- Undergraduate units
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This unit equips you to understand how Integrated STEM contributes to the investigation and solution of real-world problems, where this field aligns with the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum, and how learners learn through contextualised Integrated STEM projects. The unit promotes skills for developing innovative pedagogies and strategies for integrating curriculum to create real-world STEM education in classrooms. The unit enables you to build on teaching areas related to science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics, appropriate to the context in which you will teach. The Integrated STEM approach enables prior discipline, curriculum and pedagogical knowledge to be framed in authentic learning contexts that simulate real-world practice.
EUB011 Community Engagement in International, Rural and Remote
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- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
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- Undergraduate units
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This unit investigates diversity and professional engagement in international, rural or remote contexts. Understanding personal cultural identity, diverse contexts and the impact cultural identity has on working in diverse contexts is essential for professional engagement. This unit explores evidence-based approaches to working in diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socio-economic contexts, including strategies and frameworks for developing intercultural competence. The unit encompasses an international, rural or remote education experience organised through QUT. Please note: This unit is offered in flexible teaching periods. Flexible Period B extends from October to February the following year. Hence, it is recommended that you take this unit prior to your final year of study. If undertaking this unit in the second half of your final year (Flexible Period B offering), you will not be eligible to graduate until during the following year.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
EUB101 Supporting Innovative Pedagogy with Digital Technologies
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- School/discipline
- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces key concepts and skills for the application of digital technologies in curriculum and pedagogy. It focuses on using digital technologies as a general capability across early childhood, primary and secondary education contexts, while emphasising the importance of ethical use of digital technologies in new and innovative approaches to teaching and learning. This unit will develop your knowledge of relevant curriculum documents (such as the Australian Curriculum and the Early Years Learning Framework) and prepare you with the pedagogies to teach effectively across the curriculum using digital technologies. This unit is undertaken in the first year of your course.
EUB102 Education and Society
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces you to the complex relationship between our education system and the social and cultural contexts from which it emerges. You will use socio-cultural and sociological theory to better understand those you will come to teach, as well as how learners' diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, shape their experiences with the modern school/site, often in very different ways. In this unit, you will develop reflective and critical understandings of the socially, culturally and historically constructed nature of education and care, and be able to identify the social identities and structures influencing contemporary early childhood, primary, middle and senior school contexts.
EUB103 Culture Studies: Indigenous Education
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit provides you with foundation skills and knowledge about teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' knowledge as required by the Australian Curriculum, Early Years Learning Framework and the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline. It is about understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' perspectives on history and contemporary issues, and why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students continue to be disadvantaged by education systems. You'll develop theoretical, personal and professional knowledge around Indigenous perspectives enabling you to think more deeply about your role as a teacher in diverse educational contexts. It will cover a relevant concepts and issues in the area of Indigenous education, establishing a critical foundation for your teaching practice capacity to meet the educational needs of Indigenous students, their families and communities in practical ways.
EUB106 Early Childhood Pedagogy, Curriculum and Play-Based Learning
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces key concepts about effective curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment in early childhood education settings. Theories and approaches that inform best practice in early childhood education, including play-based learning, will be explored and evaluated. Further, these will be applied to plan learning experiences based on understandings of learners, curriculum sources, teaching, and assessment strategies. This unit will also introduce national and state curricular and policy documents, including the Early Years Learning Framework, the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline, and the National Quality Standard.
EUB108 Early Childhood Development and Learning (Birth-8 Years)
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces theories, features and processes of early childhood development and learning, from birth to 8 years. Child development and learning are shaped by both biological predispositions, and the interactions and experiences afforded to children in family and social contexts. Content in this unit is focused on children's physical, social and emotional development, along with speech, language and cognition. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges and perspectives on child development are embedded in this unit. Knowledge about the inter-relatedness of each area of child development, including influences on how children develop and learn, is fundamental to early childhood education practice. Early childhood teachers apply child development knowledge to plan and facilitate appropriate learning experiences.
EUB109 English, Literacies and Language 1
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit will develop your ability to teach English curriculum, literacy and language acquisition to young children, from birth to year 6. This unit develops your understanding of the effective use of children's literature in literacy teaching in prior-to-school and primary school settings. Early years literacy teaching and learning, including play-based pedagogies will be explored, with particular focus on birth to Year 3. The Early Years Learning Framework, Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline, and The Australian Curriculum will be used to explore the ways teachers assist children to build knowledge and skills with English, language and literacy as they transition from prior-to-school to formal school contexts.
EUB110 Primary English Curriculum Studies 1
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- School/discipline
- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit provides an introduction to foundation understandings, skills and processes for studying Primary English Curriculum. In this unit, you will engage with current research about how educators teach children to learn about literature, including literacy theories, pedagogical models and assessment practices. There will be a focus on the teaching of phonics, phonological awareness, vocabulary, speaking (oral language), listening, early reading fluency, reading comprehension, viewing and assessment of these vital English skills, drawing on current learning frameworks and curriculum documents.The unit supports the development of understanding that will be critical for further studies of language and literacies in EUB209 Primary English Curriculum Studies 2 and EUB306 Primary English Curriculum Studies 3. The units enable you to build informed professional practices for teaching listening, speaking, reading, and writing for the real world.
EUB111 Primary Mathematics Curriculum Studies 1
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- School/discipline
- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
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This unit aims to assist you with developing your knowledge, skills and understanding of primary mathematics curriculum and pedagogical context knowledge as well as its application to real-world contexts to enhance a numerate society. The foundations of mathematics commence in early childhood through play and are developed in later years through schooling and active participation in society. In this unit, specific content includes the exploration of number and measurement, and the role of numeracy in daily life including your own lives, in society, and in educational contexts.
EUB112 Child and Adolescent Development and Learning
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- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
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- Undergraduate units
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- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This introductory unit contributes to foundational knowledge for your pre-service teaching degree. This first-year unit facilitates understanding of developmental theory and how it applies to child and adolescent learners. The unit raises awareness of the physical, cognitive, social and emotional factors that influence development. The unit explores the links between developmental theory and the processes of learning, as well as learning experiences that facilitate positive learning outcomes for diverse learners. The unit contributes to your own professional development as a lifelong, autonomous learner, capable of reflection and high-level thinking, and of enabling you, as an educator, to promote similar development in your learners.
EUB150 World Regions
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- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
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This unit offers an introduction to geography as a discipline and provides an overview of the physical and human characteristics of the world's geographical regions, and zones (e.g. climate zones and biomes). With a focus on the interactions between people and environments you will gain an understanding of geographical processes that shape the identity of places. Geographical processes are both bio-physical and anthropogenic in nature and result in patterns of change over time and space which has implications for people and places. Using an inquiry approach, you will explore the regions, sub-regions and zones of the world to develop and apply analytical and communication skills as well as the specific geographical skills of mapping and representing data. The skills and understanding developed in this course provide practical value to professions including journalism, teaching, law, hazard management, global security, conservation and environmental science.
EUB151 Nations and Nationalism in Modern Europe
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- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
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- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
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This unit provides you with an understanding of matters pertinent to the evolution of nationalism in Europe in the modern era. This will include the influence of social movements, cultural and economic issues (1640-1990). Nationalism, nationhood and national identity have become subjects of heated debate in the post-cold war world. But what is nationalism? What constitutes a nation and how does nationality become one of the primary bases for the construction of individual and collective identities? This unit offers you the ability to critically evaluate the work of professional historians. You will explore how available evidence and methodologies employed influence cultural and political factors and shape the messages and values that historians advocate through their writing. These practices promote understandings of how historians work, the rules that govern their methods, the reliability of historical knowledge and the value of history socially and culturally.
EUB152 Young Adult Literature
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- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
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- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit will provide you with a broad introduction to Young Adult (YA) Literature, created for and/or marketed to readers aged between 12 and 20 years.. It addresses aspects of literary criticism that are of relevance to literature specifically intended for adolescents and young adults. In this unit you will also engage with a number of topics including the scope and nature of YA literature; strategies for evaluation of focus texts; recent research into teenagers' reading needs, interests and responses. You will also address questions about literariness, appeal, and the changing role and format of literary YA texts in learning environments dominated by digital media.
EUB153 Thinking and Communicating Mathematically
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- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
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- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Ways of thinking, reasoning and communicating mathematically are important both for “doing” mathematics and for your future professional practice, when you will need to demonstrate these skills to assist others in their learning of mathematics. This unit is intended to reshape your way of thinking about mathematics, bridging you from a position of a learner at school to a learner of mathematics for your future profession.
EUB201 Early Childhood Mathematics Education 1
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This introductory early childhood mathematics unit will develop your understanding of content knowledge and the teaching practices associated with Number and Algebra, including play-based pedagogies. The unit raises awareness of the importance of mathematical learning in early childhood, and considers ways to engage young children in meaningful mathematical learning in prior-to-school and primary school settings. Both the Australian Curriculum and Early Years Learning Framework will be utilised. This unit builds a foundation for the proceeding EUB302 Early Childhood Mathematics Education 2 unit.
EUB203 Science in Early Childhood
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit focuses on the importance of quality science education for young children from birth to 8 years of age. In order to inspire young children to ask questions about their environment and become scientifically literate, teachers require knowledge of science concepts, pedagogy and curriculum, as well as diverse, contemporary and cultural perspectives on science education. This early childhood unit explores way to design and implement engaging science learning experiences that support children's conceptual development. It will build content knowledge, particularly in the areas of biology, chemistry, physics and earth, and space science. This unit will build on theories of teaching and learning to focus on inquiry-based and hands-on learning activities that are age-appropriate, early childhood science learning experiences.
EUB204 Building Partnerships with Families and Communities
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Teaching and learning is enhanced when early childhood teachers build respectful and supportive relationships and work in partnership with families. This includes undertaking professional learning to enhance these skills. This unit promotes knowledge and understandings about the diversity, complexity and changing nature of contemporary childhoods, families and communities. This unit will draw on your experiences of working with children, families and communities in line with ACECQA requirements and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. It will explore professional responsibilities and the need for professional learning to develop skills for engaging in active communication, consultation and collaboration with families for effective partnerships and to develop links with other child and family services.
EUB205 Child Health, Wellbeing, Safety and Movement
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
To support children’s health and wellness, early childhood educators require the capacity to lead, plan, implement, and evaluate health practices in early childhood settings and to balance the health needs of individual children. Additionally, educators’ health and wellness is an important aspect of effective delivery of early childhood programs. This unit introduces foundational understandings related to child health, wellbeing, safety and movement that influence working with children, and that relate to the Australian Curriculum learning areas of Health and Physical Education and The Early Years Learning Framework. The unit focuses on food, nutrition and wellness principles as well as diverse, contemporary and cultural perspectives on health and wellness including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
EUB206 Visual Arts and Media Arts Education
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit is the first of two curriculum units in the arts and examines the basic content of the Visual and Media Arts and how students learn in these disciplines. The unit provides opportunities for practical exploration of these art forms and theories, and introduces arts pedagogies that emphasise the role of the arts in society and in the education and care of children from birth to 12 years of age. The arts play an important part in early childhood and primary education with the potential to inspire children to reach their creative potential, and to enrich their experiences in prior-to-school and primary school contexts. This Visual and Media Arts unit focuses on the historical, social, emotional, cultural, and educational importance of the arts.
EUB207 Inclusive Education: Teaching Diverse Learners
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit will cover the fundamental concepts underpinning inclusive education and your obligations under national legislation, with an emphasis on evidence-based universal strategies for use in inclusive classrooms and prior-to-school settings. The learning in this unit will develop your understanding of quality differentiated teaching practice to support the engagement, participation, and achievement of diverse learners in inclusive settings. The unit aims to build your pedagogical agility and ethical practice for creating safe and supportive inclusive learning environments. It will enhance your responsiveness to the learning strengths, rights and requirements of diverse learners and your knowledge of universal strategies to teach diverse learners in inclusive settings.
EUB208 Primary Mathematics Curriculum Studies 2
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- School/discipline
- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
As a future mathematics educator you will need to be aware of the mathematical opportunities in everyday encounters that will enhance children's mathematical proficiencies. Through your participation in this unit you will develop conceptual and pedagogical knowledge of mathematics education, with a focus on algebra, geometry, probability and statistics. This unit builds upon knowledge attained in EUB111 Primary Mathematics Curriculum Studies 1 and provides important foundational work for the proceeding unit, EUB307 Primary Mathematics Curriculum Studies 3.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
EUB209 Primary English Curriculum Studies 2
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- School/discipline
- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit will deepen your understanding of, and skills and practices in, Primary English Curriculum. In this unit, you will practice and engage with current research about how educators teach children to learn about language, including knowledge of the English language and how it works, language models, and pedagogical models. In the context of a real world diverse class profile, you will study the writing cycle, a language in use model, and the teaching of genre, text types, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and handwriting. The unit supports the development of understanding that will be critical for further studies of literacies in Primary English Curriculum Studies 3 (EUB306). The units enable you to build informed professional practices for teaching listening, speaking, reading, and writing for the real world.
EUB210 Science in Primary Education 1
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- School/discipline
- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit will introduce you to science content knowledge and practices required to teach primary science from Foundation to Year 6. The content is relevant to the Science Understanding, Science as a Human Endeavour, and Science Inquiry Skills strands of the Australian Curriculum. It includes big ideas from the biology, chemistry, physics, and Earth and Space science disciplines. Adequate science disciplinary content knowledge has recently become a more focused requirement of Australian teachers working within educational systems. This unit will be built upon in EUB212 Science in Primary Education 2, where you will develop the knowledge and skills to plan, sequence, and assess inquiry-based student learning in primary science education using constructivism as a referent for your science teaching practice.
EUB213 Inclusive Practices for Diverse Learners
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- School/discipline
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit will cover the fundamental concepts underpinning inclusive education and your obligations under national legislation with emphasis on evidence-based universal strategies for use in inclusive classrooms. This unit focuses on why, when and how to make adjustments for diverse students including those with complex learning profiles (disabilities), in partnership with parents/carers and in collaboration with teacher aides and external professionals. The unit aims to build your pedagogical agility and ethical practice for creating safe and supportive inclusive learning environments for all students. It will enhance your responsiveness to the learning strengths, rights and requirements of diverse students and your knowledge of quality differentiated teaching practice and adjustments for teaching diverse students in inclusive classrooms.