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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

EDUC1008 (v.1) Teachers Inquiring about the World

Area: School of Education
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Workshop: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 314933 (v.1) EDC171 Inquiring about the World
OR
EDUC1011 (v.1) EDC171 Teachers Inquiring about the World or any previous version
OR
314507 (v.1) Inquiring about the World 171 or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: This unit provides an introduction to systematic processes of inquiry which lay the foundation for meaningful interpretation and implementation of curriculum. Students will develop open, critical and responsible attitudes while using the inquiry process as identified in the Australian Curriculum to investigate and seek answers to local and global social and environmental issues. The unit provides students with the opportunity to complete a detailed inquiry of an environmental issue, with the focus on the methods needed to support the teaching and learning of science and humanities.
Field of Education: 070100 Teacher Education (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2015 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 2         Y
2015 UWA Albany Centre Semester 2         Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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