Details for CRS541 Curriculum Studies – Physics

CRS441 Integrated Science dealt with science courses that characterise almost all learner experience of secondary school curricula. CRS541 Physics and CRS542 Chemistry deal with discipline-based courses that are more characteristic of the senior secondary years and are attempted by fewer learners. Physics can seem more comfortable for many Christian schools, although CRS441 indicated that such has not always been the case.  

CRS541 builds on the broader issues you encountered in the earlier course, with a focus on strategies that rest on teacher planning and presentation and on the evaluation issues that arise as curriculum policy moves Physics beyond applied mathematics. 

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: CRS541
• Credit points: 10

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Prerequisite

Pre-requisites

• EDU401 Foundations in Christian Learning and Teaching
• CRS441 Curriculum Studies: Integrated Sciences

Co-requisites

• CRS542 Curriculum Studies: Chemistry

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Demonstrate their understanding of key policy and curriculum issues.
2. Evaluate a range of strategies, technologies and resources for teaching Physics
3. Apply their understanding of key curricular and system factors to analysis of specific resources relevant to teaching Physics in schools
4. Demonstrate integration of aims, objectives, content, outcomes and banded statements of learner achievement by planning coherent Physics units that satisfy local curriculum mandates, within schools sharing a Christian or alternate worldview
5. Use the educational literature to defend practice within parameters set by school and system policies and current Education Authority mandates.
6. Select a range of strategies, technologies and resources for teaching Physics
7. Analyse contemporary Physics documents to identify issues at the intersection of science and religion
8. Design and present on-line material for Physics

Subject Content

1. What makes ‘Physics’ different from the other sciences?
2. Common content for Physics 7-12
3. Strategies for teaching Physics
4. A brief history of Physics
5. Evaluation issues in Teaching Physics 1: Assessment issues
6. Evaluation issues in Teaching Physics 2: Jurisdictional influences
7. Planning Physics assessment regimes
8. Aligning Physics teaching for learning
9. Contemporary Physics
10. Teaching Physics Christianly 1: Powerful potential
11. Integrating assessment and learning in Physics
12. Teaching Physics Christianly 2: Controversial issues in Physics classes

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face to face (onsite)
• eLearning (online)

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Productive engagement in six on-line Forums and six Tutorials (25%)
• An essay analysing resources available for teaching Physics within local policy mandates (15%)
• A fully documented plan for curriculum-appropriate Physics unit, with assessment regime and one assessment task (30%)
• Recorded presentation of analysis of Physics topic that allows productive exploration of science/religion issues (30%)

Prescribed Text

• References will include the most current curriculum requirements for schools.

Check with the instructor each semester before purchasing any prescribed texts or representative references.