Teaching Primary Australian Curriculum - Technologies PG (11920.1)

Required texts

Textbook

No prescribed text for this unit. The recommended reading is available on loan through the UC Library to enhance your Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge. (TPACK)

Recommended Reading

Albion, P., Campbell, C., & Jobling, W. (2022). Technologies Education for the Primary Years (2nd ed.). Cengage Learning Australia.

Please refer to the reading list on Canvas for respective, additional required readings. 

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

All assessment items required to be submitted online must be submitted via the appropriate Canvas drop box. It is the student's responsibility to upload the correct and corresponding draft or assessment item to the right submission section. Assignments must be submitted in a format accessible to the assessor(s), as stated on the relevant canvas site. If the unit convener and/or tutor are unable to access a submission, or if no submission has been made by the due date and time, a standard late penalty of 10% of the total marks possible for the task may be applied per day, for three days, after which the submission will receive a score of ‘0' in keeping with UC's Assessment Policy.

Special assessment requirements

An aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the unit.

All assignments must be submitted to pass this unit.

Provision of valid documentation

Please note that the University takes student conduct very seriously. All documentation provided to University staff must be valid and the provision of fraudulent documentation carries with it potentially serious consequences, including suspension and/or exclusion from the University. Note that all allegations of student misconduct will be referred to the Associate Dean for Education (ADE) as a prescribed authority for investigation.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

Indicative workload for a 150h for 3cp in this unit:

• workshops: 3hrs x 10 weeks (30 hours)
• preparation for workshops: 4 hrs x 10 weeks (60 hours)
• preparation and completion of assessments: 50 hours

Participation requirements

There is a strong correlation between participation and success in higher education. Your participation in face-to-face classes and engagement with online activities will enhance your understanding of this unit's content and therefore the quality of your assessment responses. Lack of participation may result in your inability to satisfactorily pass assessment items. 

Required IT skills

UC Entry-level skills.

During this unit, students will be exposed to online coding and will need to develop their skills and understanding in this area.

Artificial intelligence services must not to be used for assessment or assessment preparation by students unless explicitly allowed in the assessment instructions for an assessment task published with the assessment task and/or in the unit outline. That is, an artificial intelligence services may only be used if:

• its use is authorised by the unit convener as part of a specified assessment task, and
• it is used in the way allowed in the assessment instructions and/or unit outline, and
• its use is appropriately referenced, meaning that students must reference the use of AI in their assessment in the same way as they reference other source material.

In-unit costs

Basic modelmaking materials may be required (e.g. cardboard, scissors, tape, etc). For assignment 2, students are encouraged to reuse and recycle materials rather than purchase new. Students are not required or encouraged to purchase materials for their Design Thinking Portfolio and Critique Project; however, they can if they choose to do so.

Work placement, internships or practicums

N/A

Additional information

Theoretical foundations: This unit draws on the most recent curricular and pedagogical research in Technologies, with a particular focus on Design and Digital Technologies, and evidence-based approaches to classroom teaching. 

The University Email policy states that "students wishing to contact the University via email regarding administrative or academic matters need to send the email from the University account for identity verification purposes".  Therefore all unit enquiries should be emailed using a student university email account. Students should contact servicedesk@canberra.edu.au if they have any issues accessing their university email account.

In all cases of absence, sickness or personal problems it is the student's responsibility to ensure that the unit Convener is informed. The minimum participation requirement must be met in order to pass the unit (regardless of supporting documentation).

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