Secondary Curriculum and Pedagogy 2
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Unit Code: EDU80060
Contact Hours: Recommended 12 hours of study per week
About this unit
This unit builds on Curriculum and Pedagogy 1 to further develop pre-service teachers’ teaching expertise in their methods within teaching and assessment. Students learn about advanced discipline-specific pedagogical approaches, state and national curricula and cross-curriculum priorities. The unit further develops the skills needed for curriculum adjustment in chosen method/s, and prepares preservice teachers for integrating advanced differentiation and subject-specific strategies.
Content
- Critical and Creative thinking
- Cultures of Thinking
- Metacognition and self-regulated learning
- Ethical capability
- Philosophy circles and ethical dilemmas
- Social and personal capacity
- Emotional Intelligence programs
- Intercultural understanding
- The Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures; Asia and
- Australia’s Engagement with Asia
- Innovations in national and international curriculum approaches.
- Wellbeing and Mental Health related to secondary school settings
- Value-based unit planning in [Method/s].
- Advanced assessment, feedback and reporting strategies in [Method/s]
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