EDX2260 Teaching Science for Understanding |Semester 1, 2012 On-
campus Springfield| |Faculty or Section :||Faculty of Education|
|School or Department :||Education| |Version produced :||21 May
2013| Examiner: Karen Spence Moderator: Leisa Holzheimer To be
effective in assisting learners to become scientifically
literate, there is a need for confident and competent teachers
of science. This will require teachers to be able to match their
knowledge and understanding of the scientific content
appropriate to the curriculum for their context with pedagogical
approaches that will assist students to develop knowledge of the
content and processes of science. In particular, pedagogical
content knowledge is of fundamental importance in a teacher's
approach to catering for the diverse interests and abilities of
learners, and in the ways in which topics, problems or issues
are presented in the classroom. An understanding of pedagogy
related to specific content knowledge in science, and how this
might be interpreted to me