Course Coordinator: Kevin Ward, Room G259, School of Technology Education and Development, Hawthorn Campus, telephone: (03) 810 3264.
The Diploma of Teaching (Technology) [(Dip Teach(Technology)] is a three-year course designed to prepare non-graduates who already have industrial qualifications and experience to teach technology studies in post-primary schools.
The course has two major components:
• A two-year core program in which students undertake studies in the following strands:
Teaching, Learning and Curriculum; Technology Studies; Educational Psychology; Language and Communication; Education, Technology and Society. The fourth and final semester is an Integrated Studies Program in which students undertake projects designed to integrate, extend and apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous three semesters.
The course is based on the internship model of teacher training, and teaching experience is the central focus. Program studies at the School are designed tocomplement the students' developing competence and experience in a teaching context.
Students attend program studies at the School two days a week and undertake supervised teaching experience in a post-primary school for the remaining three days a week.
• The second major element of the course is the Complementary Component (third year). This consists of two parts:
Advanced Specialist Studies to increase the depth of knowledge and skills in students' base specialist fields. (Most students will be eligible for credits in this aspect of the course for studies completed prior to enrolment.) Technology Education Program to extend and broaden students' understanding and skills in various aspects of technology education.
Students undertake third-year studies on a part- time basis with classes conducted late afternoon, weekends and during school vacations.
It is intended that participants will develop:
• teaching competence especially related to problem-based learning and the integration of theory and practice in technology education;
• basic curriculum understanding and skills;
• the ability to participate effectively in school decision making;
• practical skills relevant to a variety of technical areas;
• understanding of a variety of technologies,
Schedule A: Table of subjects
Subjects Points
First Year - Compulsory Subjects 771-126 Teaching, Learning and
Curriculum IA 11.1
771-127 Technology Studies lA 5.6 771-128 Educational Psychology 1 5.6 771-129 Language and
Communication lA 11.1
771-130 Teaching Experience lA 16.7 771-131 Teaching, Learning and
Curriculum 1B 11.1
771-132 Technology Studies 1B 5.6 771-133 Education, Technology
and Society 1 8.3
771-134 Language and
Communication 1B 8.3
771-135 Teaching Experience 1B 16.6
TOTAL 100.0
Second Year - Compulsory Subjects 771-136 Teaching, Learning and
Curriculum 2 11.1
771-137 Technology Studies 2 5.6 771-138 Educational Psychology 2 5.6 771-139 Language and Communication 2 5.6 771-140 Education, Technology
and Society 2 5.6
771-141 Teaching Experience 2A 16.6 771-142 Integrated Studies Program 33.3 771-143 Teaching Experience 2B 16.6
TOTAL 100.0
Third Year - Compulsory Subjects 771-144-148 Advanced Specialist
Studies Program 50.0
771-149 Technology Education Program50.0
TOTAL 100.0
including their personal, social and environmental effects;
• informed and defensible views on technology, education and society and their relationships;
• awareness of the implications of social justice policies, including anti-discrimination legislation, for their teaching;
• personal qualities and skills relevant to a career in teaching.
Course entry
Candidates for the Dip Teach(Technology) must have:
• a Certificate of Proficiency of the Victorian Industrial Training Commission, or equivalent, and substantial relevant work experience so that the period of apprenticeship and work experience totals at least eight years; or
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• a Certificate of Technology or other approved 2- year full-time post-Year 11 TAFE certificate, or equivalent, plus at least six years of relevant work experience; or
• an Associate Diploma or other approved 2-year full-time post-Year 12 Diploma, or equivalent, plus at least two years of relevant work experience; or
• other vocational qualifications and/or occupational experience that the Institute deems at least equivalent to one of the above.
Course structure and progress
A candidate's progress in the course is expressed in terms of points credited for subjects passed.
A candidate who has completed part or all of a previous course of study at tertiary level or has achieved previous professional experience relevant to the course may be given credit for this previous study or experience providing the Institute Board approves such credit. Where there is no equivalent subject or subjects the candidate may be credited with an appropriate pointsscore to be determined by the Institute Board.
A candidate may include in his/her course of study subjects offered in another course of the University of Melbourne or of another institution provided that the Institute Board considers such subject% to be of an appropriate standard and relevance to the course.
The total number of points which may be credited to a candidate for previous studies and experience and subjects of other courses must not exceed 35 points.
To qualify for the Dip Teach(Technology) award a candidate must:
• gain a cumulative score of at least 300 points;
• complete the compulsory subjects as detailed in Schedule A or approved equivalent studies.
A candidate is:
• in the first year of the course until such time as his/her cumulative score equals or exceeds 75 points;
• in the second year of the course from when his/
her cumulative score equals or exceeds 75 points until such time as it equals or exceeds 175 points;
• in the third year of the course from when his/her cumulative score equals or exceeds 175 points until such time as it equals or exceeds 300 points.
A candidate who does not pass in a subject may be credited with the points to be scored for that subject by the Institute Board, having regard to his or her performance in other subjects taken by the candidate in accordance with principles determined by the Institute Board.
Except where special permission is granted by the Institute Board a candidate will not be permitted to enrol for subjects totalling more than 110 points in any one academic year.
The subjects of the course and their points values are provided in Schedule A.
Course advice
Students should report initially to the Course Coordinator for assistance in matters such as planning third-year studies, deferment, leave of absence, special consideration in the event of illness or death in the family, withdrawal from subjects and changing subjects.
Course code
The course code for the Diploma of Teaching (Technology) is 408.
Subject descriptions
Note: The Coordinator for all Dip Teach (Technology) subjects is Kevin Ward.
771-144/145/146/147/148 ADVANCED SPECIALIST STUDIES PROGRAM Credit points: 50.0
Special Requirements: The Advanced Specialist Studies element of the complementary component is the equivalent of 300 hours of class study contact time. However, since many candidates have already undertaken further specialist studies prior to entering the course, credit will be given for some or all of these studies. This credit will be given for relevant, advanced specialist studies and equivalent class contact hours gained in the following courses:
approved TAFE or accredited courses in advanced trade or technician studies; Certificate or Advanced Certificate Studies; or diploma studies in technology fields accepted by the Ministry of Education's Boards of Studies.
Candidates who enter the course with the minimum qualification requirement of an apprenticeship and a total of 8 years of approved work experience will be required to complete this specialist study component and may do so by either: completing approved specialist courses in a TAFE college, or completing specialist studies offered by the School of Technology Education and Development.
Contact: This will vary, depending on the amount of credit awarded on the basis of prior qualifications.
For a student without prior studies, class contact will be 300 hours. (Two semesters.)
The subject codes relate to hours of required class contact as follows: 60 hours (771-144); 120 hours (771-145); 180 hours (771-146); 240 hours (771-147);
300 hours (771-148).
Content: The School will offer a range of 60-hour programs dependent on student interest and staff availability. Specialist programs offered may include:
joining materials; safe use of portable power tools;
automotive technology; materials technology:
computer-aided graphics; CAD/CAM, Robotics in technology studies.
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assignments totalling 3000 words or non-written equivalent in time and effort per 60-hour program.
771-128 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 1 Credit points: 5.6
Contact 24 hours in 2-hour weekly sessions. (First or second semester.)
Content: Areas of study are selected according to the needs and concerns of the students and as these needs emerge in teaching experience, e.g. values clarification, self management skills, occupational health, stress management, classroom management, theories of development, theories of personality, classroom interaction, problems of childhood, adolescence and youth, theories of learning and cognition.
Assessment: Class presentations, exercises and set assignments totalling 1500 words. A minimum attendance of 80 per cent.
771-138 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 2 Credit points: 5.6
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Educational Psychology 1.
Contact: 24 hours in 2-hour weekly sessions. (First or second semester.)
Content: Personal skills - counselling, conflict management in the classroom, stress management;
personality and behaviour - adolescence and youth studies, understanding personality and behaviour, individual development; learning - psychology of learning, learning difficulties in the classroom, psychology of individual learning.
Assessment Class presentations, exercises and set assignments totalling 1500 words. A minimum attendance of 80 per cent.
771-133 EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY 1
Credit points: 8.3
Contact36 hours in3-hour weekly sessions. (First or second semester.)
Content Technology and technological change; the development of artefacts; education and work through case studies; the history and ideology of work; the philosophy and sociology of work; social class.
Assessment Class presentations, exercises and set assignments totalling 2250 words. A minimum attendance of 80 per cent.
771-140 EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY 2
Credit points: 5.6
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Education, Technology and Society 1.
Contact: 24 hours in 2-hour weekly sessions. (First or second semester.)
Content: Change in society and in education;
identification and exploration of change in the course participant's educational setting; identification of educational pathways and experiences of school students; skills involved in the observation of educational practice; identification and investigation of concerns.
Assessment: Class presentations, exercises and set assignments totalling 1500 words. A minimum attendance of 80 per cent.
771-142 INTEGRATED STUDIES PROGRAM Credit points: 33.3
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of other core subjects.
Contact: There will be approximately 12 contact hours each week in the form of lectures, tutorials and workshops. (First or second semester.)
Content: Phase One: students are introduced to the problem-solving cycle of planning, action, observation, and reflection/evaluation. Phase Two:
students identify technology education projects relevant to their needs, interests, knowledge, skills and teaching contexts; the action-research cycle.
Phase Three: students present their project to the class, identifying their own learning and evaluating the projects for use in schools.
Assessment: Class presentations, exercises and set assignments totalling 9000 words or non-written assignment equivalent in time and effort.
771-129 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION lA Credit points: 11.1
Contact: There will be 24 contact hours in 2-hour weekly sessions for each of the two major components. (First or second semester.)
Content: Language for personal use and development: personal history of language experience; drafting an autobiography; reflective writing; construct of self ;scripted role-play; analyses of role-plays; discussion and textual analysis of public issues: Visual thinking and graphic communication:
generating visual images; developing thinking abilities through the production of concept diagrams and visual analogies; graphic ideation; freehand and instrumental drawing principles, techniques, and processes.
Assessment: Language component class presentation, exercises and set assignments totalling 1500 words. Visual communication component:
class presentations, exercises and a non-written set
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effort required. A minimum of 80 percent attendance is required for each component.
771-134 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION 1B Credit points: 8.3
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Language and Communication 1A.
Contact: There will be 24 contact hours in 3-hour weekly sessions for the language component, and 12 contact hours for the computer graphics component.
(First or second semester.)
Content: Language for public use and professional development: features of informational writing, preparation of technical/instructional material, preparation and presentation of a paper on a controversial public issue, research data gathering and reporting; professional issues: Computer aided graphics: an introduction to computer graphics software packages, the computer as a tool for solving of visual and graphic communication problems.
Assessment: Language component: class presentations, exercises and set assignments totalling 1500 words. Computer graphics component: class presentation, exercises and non-written set assignment equivalent to 750 words in time and effort. A minimum attendance of 80 per cent.
771-139 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION 2 Credit points: 5.6
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Language and Communication lA and 113.
Contact: There will be 24 contact hours in 2-hour weekly sessions. (First or second semester.) Content: Cloze technique as a learning-how-to-learn tool; cueing systems; comprehension strategies;
reader-friendly materials; analysis of classroom texts;
writing technology briefs; the reading process;
classroom interaction; cooperative learning and exploratory talk; problem solving and language.
Assessment: Class presentations, exercises and set assignments totalling 1500 words. A minimum attendance of 80 per cent.
771-130/771-135 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1A AND IB
Credit points: lA 16.7; 1B 16.6
Contact: It is expected that students will spend up to 10 hours each week in the classroom.
Content: Students are required to be functioning in a teaching situation under the guidance of a school- based supervisor. At least one supervision cycle is required per week for the duration of the Learning
to Teach agreement. If the agreement is satisfactorily completed prior to the end of the first year, a Phase 2 agreement will be formulated.
Assessment: Satisfactory participation in the teaching experience program. Satisfactory completion of the Learning to Teach agreement and satisfactory progression through a Phase 2 agreement.
771-141/771-143 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2A AND 2B
Credit points: 16.6 each
Prerequisites: It is expected that students will have completed the Learning to Teach Agreement prior to enrolment in these subjects.
Contact: It is expected that students will spend up to 10 hours each week in the classroom.
Content: A Phase 2 agreement which reflects the wider responsibilities of teaching in addition to advanced classroom skills, and which takes cognisance of the student's teaching context, is formulated following collaboration between the Hawthorn supervisor, the school-based supervisor and the student.
Assessment: Satisfactory participation in the teaching experience program. Satisfactory completion of the Phase 2 agreement.
711-126 TEACHING, LEARNING AND CURRICULUM lA
Credit points: 11.1
Contact:48 hours in 4-hour weekly sessions. (First or second semester.)
Content: An introduction to teaching and learning;
preparation for teaching; lesson planning - aims and objectives, sequential lessons, the pacing of lessons, questioning techniques; safe working practices in workshops and other learning contexts; discipline, classroom organisation; student movitation; effective use of teaching aids; methods of assessing student performance.
Assessment: Class presentation, exercises and set assignments totalling 3000 words. A minimum attendance of 80 per cent.
771-131 TEACHING, LEARNING AND CURRICULUM 1B
Credit points: 11.1
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Teaching.
Learning and Curriculum 1A.
Contact: 48 hours in 4-hour weekly sessions. (First or second semester.)
Content: Teaching and Learning in post-primary schools: characteristics of learners; the learning process; individual differences; development implementation and assessment of problem-based
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learning activities: planning technology studies activities; technology education in relation to school- based responsibilities; the VCE and Curriculum Frameworks; recent policy initiatives, e.g. Integration and Equal Opportunity programs.
Assessment: Class presentations, exercises and set assignments totalling 3000 words. A minimum attendance of 80 per cent.
771-136 TEACHING, LEARNLNG AND CURRICULUM 2
Credit points: 11.1
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum 1B.
Contact:48 hours in 4-hour weekly sessions. (First or second semester.)
Content: Alternative teaching strategies;inquiry-based learning in technology education; curriculum development and evaluation: orientations, models of curriculum, school curriculum, governance and responsibilities; sequencing learning activities;
negotiated curriculum; computers in technology education.
Assessment: Class presentations, exercises and set assignments totalling 3000 words. A minimum attendance of 80 per cent.
771-127 TECHNOLOGY STUDIES lA Credit points: 5.6
Contact: 24 hours in 2-hour weekly sessions. (First or second semester.)
Content:The industrial skills appropriate in teaching at post-primary level: the knowledge and skills of students will be broadened through appropriate practical studies; using materials such as wood, metal and plastics. and process activities such as electronics and mechanics.
Assessment: Class presentations, exercises and set assignments totalling 1500 words. A minimum attendance of 80 percent.
771-132 TECHNOLOGY STUDIES 1B Credit points: 5.6
Contact: 24 hours in 2-hour weekly sessions. (First or second semester.)
Content: Introduction to computers, computing and computer applications: the use of a computer- managed instruction package; word processing;
spreadsheets: computer graphics.
Assessment: Completion of the CMI package and set assignments totalling 1500 words. A minimum attendance of 80 per cent.
771-137 TECHNOLOGY STUDIES 2 Credit points: 5.6
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Technology Studies lA and 1B.
Contact: 24 hours in 2-hour weekly sessions. (First or second semester.)
Content: Mechanisms - definition and analysis of principles and elements in a variety of machines and devices. Applied Mathematics - Pythagorean principles, trigonometry, measuration, graphs, costing techniques as applied to technology projects.
Applied Science - scientific method, chemical and physical properties of materials, forces and motion, electricity and magnetism. Students will be required to invent machines to perform specified functions.
Assessment: Class presentations, exercises and set assignments totalling 1500 words. A minimum attendance of 80 per cent.
771-149 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM
Credit points: 50.0
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of two year core studies.
Contact: 150 hours undertaken in a combination of lectures, tutorials and workshops. Classes will be conducted on selected weekends and during school vacations. The Field Experience component will be undertaken out of normal class time. (First or second semester.)
Content: Technological design, materials and technology,systems and technology:the development of curriculum appropriate to technology education at post-primary level;triallingandevaluatingavariety of teaching approaches; potential linkages between school and industry; investigation of selected industrial organisations.
Assessment: Class presentations, exercises and set assignments totalling 7500 words or, where applicable, non-written assignments equivalent in time and effort. To gain a pass in the subject, students must also successfully complete the Field Experience component.
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