EDF5176 Science: Psychology in secondary years B

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and scope of psychology as a subject in secondary schools and consider its purpose, relevance and appropriateness as a standalone or integrated subject across all year levels and embedded within whole school programs

2. 2

   demonstrate an understanding of the principles of curriculum-making, and apply a critical lens on psychology’s place in the curriculum and the psychology content of current curriculum policy in Australia and internationally and the future-focused directions, the pedagogical perspectives and related issues, forms of assessment and the implications for your classroom teaching of psychology

3. 3

   demonstrate an awareness of the ways in which psychology education research helps inform teacher practice to enhance students' learning of psychology, including a critical awareness and understanding of the complexities of teaching and learning psychology, and the barriers raised by traditional curriculum

4. 4

   demonstrate competence in planning purposeful and relevant learning experiences, including selecting and utilising purposeful, ethical and inclusive pedagogical procedures and assessment strategies that inspire students to learn and act in positive, sustainable and ethical ways and meet the current and future needs of your students and society in an ever changing and uncertain world

5. 5

   work collaboratively with peers to help articulate the pedagogical issues and research into teaching and learning psychology, and demonstrating your ability to work together to create and justify innovative and purposeful curriculum-making work for a specific school and classroom context

6. 6

   reflect critically on the development of your own teaching and learning to teach psychology