Science: Psychology in secondary years A

This unit explores the learning and teaching of psychology in secondary schools. It enables you to develop your professional knowledge to teach psychology, offering a strong foundation for you to become an innovative and purposeful curriculum-maker. You will become familiarised with psychology curriculum policy in Australia and internationally, including an understanding of the subject's place within schools, in junior and senior years and within whole school programs. You will learn about contemporary developments and traditional views regarding the educational purposes of psychology education. You will explore the complexities of teaching to enhance student learning of psychology and use these understandings to design and enact purposeful, inclusive and meaningful learning activities within a range of contexts for differing needs. This unit encourages you to consider the purpose, nature and value of psychology education as a subject in schools and engage with the research literature and positions you as an innovative and purposeful curriculum-maker to meet the current and future needs of your school students in an ever changing and uncertain world. The unit emphasises a view of learning about teaching as an ongoing, collaborative process that is developed through engaging with theory, research and critical reflection on experience.