The Practice (PCK) of Teaching Technologies (9890.2)

Required texts

Textbook

No prescribed textbook

Recommended Readings:  In lieu of weekly readings, a diverse selection of materials will be offered each week. These resources will encompass podcasts, website links, and additional readings sourced from the reading list provided. 

The following readings are recommended to support you with Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge. Please refer to the reading list on Canvas for respective required weekly reading/viewing/audio content. 

• Albion, P., Campbell, C., & Jobling, W. (2022). Technologies Education for the Primary Years (2nd ed.). Cengage Learning Australia.
• Fleer, M. (2023). Technologies for children (3rd ed). Cambridge University Press. 

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Artificial Intelligence

Students are not allowed to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in assessments for this unit.

When developing your plans, it is encouraged that you are using your skills in lesson planning and design to create engaging and rich lesson resources. Using materials from commercial sites such as TPT, Twinkl, Sparkle Box etc. is not desirable in this unit. If you adapt resources from commercial sites and sources, please note this in your planning and resource development.

Approval of extenuating circumstances will be dependent upon the production of supporting documentation and at the discretion of the unit convener.

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, 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

150 hours for this 3 credit point subject are comprised of the following: 

Reading and private study                      50 hours

Tutorial and online participation:             50 hours

Assessment tasks:                                  50 hours

Please note, these are approximations.

Participation requirements

There is a strong correlation between participation and success in higher education. Your participation in on-campus sessions are your 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

Word processing skills. 

During this unit, Pre-Service Teachers 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 1, students are encouraged to reuse and recycle materials rather than purchase new. Students are not required or encouraged to purchase materials for their Community Design Project; however, they can if they choose to do so.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None.

Additional information

This unit encourages Pre-Service teachers' practical development of key pedagogical and attitudinal skills essential for teaching within the 21st-century classroom. This unit supports students to develop key pedagogical knowledge, content knowledge and knowledge of students and how they learn in relation to the Australian Curriculum: Technologies. Furthermore, students will practice and develop important technical skills to prepare them for future work within the education profession. Additionally, this unit will explore essential learning theories specific to the teaching of the Australian Curriculum: Technologies. These theories, including Design Thinking and TPACK, will underpin students' developing pedagogical approaches to instructing Design Technologies and Digital Technologies.

Provision of information to the group

Notifications through the Canvas Announcements Forum or the Canvas Discussion Forums are deemed to be made to the whole class.  It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that they check for announcements on the Unit's Canvas website (forum messages are also emailed to student email addresses only).  Students should ensure they check their student email regularly.  The Canvas discussion forums will be checked by staff regularly.

Use of student email account

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 sent by email using a student university email account. Students should contact the Service Desk ( servicedesk@canberra.edu.au ) if they have any issues accessing their university email account.

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