Course overview
This course will prepare preservice teachers to teach in Digital Technologies across the senior years (yr 11-12) of schooling. Preservice teachers will learn about inclusive approaches to teaching within senior school Digital Technologies contexts at SACE level. They will practice design-based and problem-solving methodologies and apply these to develop Digital Technologies units of work for Year 11-12 students. The course will cover methods of designing coherent learning experiences for students, including ways to plan, assess and evaluate teaching and learning strategies for senior students with reference to SACE learning and assessment criteria. Preservice teachers will be guided to critically analyse their personal potential and limitations and to develop the skills to enable them to work collaboratively as beginning Digital Technologies teaching professionals.
Course learning outcomes
- Investigate, develop and utilise a variety of inclusive approaches within senior school Digital Technologies contexts that are suitable for the teaching and learning of computational thinking concepts at a SACE level
- Apply, justify, and reflect on design-based and problem-solving methodologies when developing Digital Technologies units of work for Year 11-12 students
- Design and apply coherent learning experiences for students that demonstrate effective planning, assessment and evaluation strategies for senior students against SACE learning and assessment criteria
- Critically analyse their personal potential and limitations as beginning Digital Technologies teaching professionals working in collaborative environments