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ESC302 - Primary Science Education 2

2026

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Education

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

(ESC200)

Prerequisites

Must have passed 1 unit in (ENV102, ESC100, ESC102, ESC202)

Incompatible

Coerequisites

Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

The focus of this unit is the development of preservice teachers' skills in teaching Physical and Earth and Space sciences. Preservice teachers will gain an understanding of forces, matter, energy, and motion and an understanding of the Earth's dynamic structure and its place in the cosmos. Embedded in this unit is scientific inquiry and communication from which preservice teachers will plan and develop learning experiences that will enhance their repertoire of teaching strategies, pedagogical content knowledge, formative and summative assessment strategies, and management skills, appropriate for year-level primary school students.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Articulate and construct knowledge about the concepts in physical and earth and space sciences, including Indigenous knowledges.
2.	Analyse, synthesise and communicate a range of challenging scientific inquiries, with associated risk assessments.
3.	Demonstrate the development of scientific literacy and communication skills.
4.	Critique personal constructions of teaching and learning of physical and earth and space science concepts.
5.	Construct a repertoire of context-specific formative and summative assessment practices to provide targeted constructive feedback in relation to year-level learning benchmarks (eg. Australian Curriculum Science Achievement Standards), to promote learning.
6.	Demonstrate the development of pedagogical content knowledge for physical and earth and space sciences.
7.	Demonstrate knowledge of explicit teaching, scaffolding and modelling practices in clearly explained tasks with well-articulated goals.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Online quiz (10 mins)	10%	1,2
2.	Project (1,500 words or equivalent)	40%	1,2,3,4,5,6,7
3.	Lesson sequence (5-minute video and 1,200 words or equivalent)	50%	1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2026	Semester 1	Internal	Danala - Education and Community Precinct	OLR	View
2026	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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