EDF5674 Engaging with practices of contemporary science
Faculty of Education
EDF5674 Engaging with practices of contemporary science is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2021 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for EDF5674. This is its 2021 entry, the latest one.
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Overview
The successful science (including mathematics) educator understands the development of knowledge, skills and abilities in science and how to transform that content knowledge through facilitating learning. This unit focuses on how science knowledge shifts and changes over time and through technological and social change. The contemporary practices of science and mathematics, and the resultant knowledge arising from such practices, have significantly changed to become inter-, multi- and trans-disciplinary in nature. This influences the ways in which new knowledge is generated and represented through models and explanations. The unit is taught in an interdisciplinary approach, across faculties, and provides authentic learning settings in which new science practices are explored and examined. It addresses the learning of pre-service and in-service teachers as well as those who communicate science to a range of audiences. It positions educators at all career stages and across learning contexts to lead and inspire learning around science.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | Flexible |
Assessment
- Multimedia representation (3200 words or equivalent)40%
- Critique: connecting science practices with educational practices (4800 words or equivalent)60%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
articulate how you have extended your current knowledge, skills and abilities needed as a science educator
- 2
demonstrate an understanding for the ways in which science responds to changing technological and social change
- 3
demonstrate engagement with contemporary practices of science
- 4
demonstrate the connections between professional understandings of science practices and one's educational practices.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
Flexible mode offers a stand-alone online offering that allows you to learn and engage in content and assessment in a supported way. It also provides a face-to-face component of 12 hours over the semester to engage you with the online learning content, which you are encouraged to attend if you are able.
Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester comprising:
(a.) Contact hours for flexible students:
- 12 contact hours and 24 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester or
- 36 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester*
(b.) Additional requirements (all students):
- independent study to meet the minimum required hours per semester
*International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this contact hour delivery mode.
For the unit teaching schedule, please visit the timetable.
Scheduled classes and online activities are designed to encourage you to explore and build on your current understandings of the Nature of Science (NoS). Your views will be challenged and extended through discussions with research scientists and science educators to investigate how contemporary science is practiced in authentic settings. You will then seek to identify the skills and capabilities required by your students to best prepare them to engage with contemporary science practices and to enrich their understanding of science as a human endeavour and the impact it has on their lives.
In this unit you will engage in collaborative classes, online discussion forums, online readings and a range of web based resources. It is expected that you will undertake a workplace visit to conduct an interview with a scientist(s) in an authentic research setting. A list of participating Monash Research Centres will be provided. You are encouraged to share your industry based learning experiences with the preparation of a short video report and through discussion with your peers during classes and online engagement.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Rebecca Cooper
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Rebecca Cooper
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5674?
EDF5674 has no prerequisites.
When is EDF5674 offered?
In 2021, EDF5674 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF5674?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5674 have an exam?
No. EDF5674 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 12
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Education
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.250
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20202021