QUT Online

EUN206 Design and Technologies

This unit develops your knowledge of the “Technologies” Learning Area of the Australian Curriculum and the associated pedagogy required to teach this in primary and early childhood settings. You'll learn how to develop design and computational thinking in future students, enabling them to create designed solutions to address authentic problems and opportunities. Practical experiences and communities of practice development are important features of the unit and you'll become aware of the nature of technology and technological literacy and how it connects with the knowledge and skills developed in mathematics, science and digital literacies units. You'll explore and develop skills to teach the Technologies learning area in early childhood and primary education. You'll learn how to teach students to use critical and creative thinking in design processes, develop and evaluate technologies that create solutions to complex challenges, contributing to sustainable patterns of living.

Unit information

Unit code: EUN206
Faculty: Faculty of Education
School/Discipline: Faculty of Education
Study area: Education
Credit points: 6

Dates and locations

Teaching period	Dates	Locations
5 Week Teaching Period - 3, 2020	30 March 2020 - 1 May 2020	Kelvin Grove Kelvin Grove (External)

See all available class timetables for this unit

Fees

Commonwealth supported place (CSP) student contribution amount: 2020: $417
Domestic fee-paying student fee: 2020: $1,296
International student fee (excluding study abroad students): 2020: $1,860

Find out more about costs for study abroad students.

Guide to fees

Commonwealth supported place (CSP) student contribution amount

For Australian citizens, permanent visa holders and permanent humanitarian visa holders, and New Zealand citizens who study this unit:

as part of a QUT course and are eligible for a Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
as a cross-institutional student who has a Commonwealth supported place at their home university.

Domestic fee-paying student fee

For Australian citizens, permanent visa holders and permanent humanitarian visa holders, and New Zealand citizens, who study this unit:

as part of a QUT course and are not eligible for a Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
as part of a QUT course during Summer Semester
as a cross-institutional student who does not have a Commonwealth supported place at their home university
as a single-unit study student.

International student fee

For international students who study this unit:

as part of a QUT course
as a cross-institutional student.

Guide to previous study requirements

Prerequisites: To enrol in this unit, you must have completed these prerequisite units (or have credit, advanced standing or exemption for them), or be able to demonstrate that you have equivalent background knowledge.
Anti-requisites: You can’t enrol in this unit if you have completed any of these anti-requisite units.
Co-requisites: To enrol in this unit, you must have already completed these co-requisite units, or you must enrol in them at the same time.
Equivalents: You can’t enrol in this unit if you have completed any of these equivalent units.
Assumed knowledge: We assume that you have a minimum level of knowledge in certain areas before you start this unit.

Apply

Unit outlines

Loading unit outlines...

Disclaimer: Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.