Learning Area (Sec) Physics

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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The subject explores the rationale, methodology and some specific techniques appropriate to the teaching of physics at junior and senior secondary levels in the Victorian Essential Learning Standards for science and the Victorian Certificate of Education.

A combined science method program which has a focus on the general science curriculum in Years 7-10 links specialist methods. This is taught separately but is an integral part of the teaching and assessment of each specialist science method.

The course introduces a variety of approaches to the organisation of and strategies for teaching physics and junior science in secondary schools, the VCE physics study design, resources relevant to teaching physics and junior science, and valid methods for diagnosis, assessment and evaluations in physics teaching and junior science. It covers practical and theoretical issues in planning units of work from the VCE study design, and seeks to develop personal skills in special areas through the demonstrations, elective program and excursions.

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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