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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

314507 (v.1) Inquiring about the World 171

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
Syllabus: Students will use the inquiry process to investigate and seek answers regarding local and global issues. The unit provides students with the opportunity to complete a detailed inquiry of an environmental issue, with the focus on the methodology needed to support the teaching and learning of natural and social sciences in educational settings. Students will be engaged in the following processes: problem identification, posing researchable questions; locating information; sorting and organising data and information; application of knowledge and implementation of the project; presenting their project in appropriate ways.
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.
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
2013 Armadale Centre Semester 2         Y
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2013 Esperance Community College Semester 2         Y
2013 Geraldton University Centre Semester 2         Y
2013 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 2         Y
2013 Margaret River Campus Semester 2         Y
2013 Midland Campus Semester 2         Y
2013 Pilbara TAFE Karratha Semester 2         Y
2013 Pilbara TAFE Sth Hedland Semester 2         Y
2013 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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