Course Title: Chemistry METHOD A

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Chemistry METHOD A

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
CUED1133	Bundoora Campus	Undergraduate	360H Education	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2014
CUED1177	Bundoora Campus	Postgraduate	360H Education	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 1 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 2 2013, Sem 1 2014

Course Coordinator: Mr John Bold

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7806

Course Coordinator Email: john.bold@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 220.3.12

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Sub-major study in Chemistry, includes biochemistry.

Course Description

This is a methods course that focuses on preparing students to teach Chemistry in secondary schools. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching/learning Chemistry will be addressed. Students will be introduced to a variety of ideas, techniques and skills that will enable them to evaluate the effectiveness of different teaching/learning strategies. This course will focus on the planning of classroom and curriculum materials.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course is designed to assist you to:

• Plan and implement Chemistry Based Curriculum
• Critically reflect on their professional practice.
• Effectively communicate Chemistry concepts.
• Use a range of teaching strategies and resources to engage and extend students’ learning in Chemistry.
• Effectively assess the effectiveness of their teaching.
• Effectively assess and report on students’ learning in Chemistry.

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

• Design meaningful classroom VCE Chemistry units
• Effectively communicate Chemistry concepts.
• Use a range of teaching and learning strategies that engage and extend students’ learning in Chemistry.
• Understand and implement a range of assessment practices incorporating, for, as and of assessment
• Critically reflect on their professional practice.
• Assess the effectiveness of their teaching.
• Develop a sound understanding of the processes, resources and contacts relevant to teaching and learning in senior school Chemistry.
• Apply practical teaching skills for VCE Chemistry.
• Select and use a range of support resources for teaching Chemistry.

ICT Outcomes
At the conclusion of this course, students will have demonstrated and/or acquired the following ICT capabilities:
• Understandings of the role of ICT in learning and implications for the classroom.
• Awareness of a range of contemporary ICT resources suitable for the classroom.
• Skills in using ICT for communication, presentation, work preparation and implementation.

VIT Standards
This course is aligned with the following standards:
• Teachers know how students learn and how to teach them effectively.
• Teachers know the content they teach.
• Teachers plan and assess for effective learning.
• Teachers create and maintain safe and challenging learning environments.
• Teachers use a range of teaching strategies and resources to engage students in effective learning.
• Teachers reflect on, evaluate and improve their professional knowledge and practice.
• Teachers are active members of their profession.

Overview of Learning Activities

Students’ learning in this course will involve a range of activities including lectures, tutorials, workshops, on-line discussions, curriculum design and readings in order to support the development of the learning outcomes of this course.

Overview of Learning Resources

See Part B

Overview of Assessment

Assessment tasks are directly linked to the stated objectives and outcomes. Assessment in the course will be both theoretical and practical in nature. A range of formative and summative assessment types will be incorporated into the course (for example, written, oral or performance based assessment).