EDCURRIC 723 : STEM Education in Years 0-8
Education and Social Work
2025 Semester Two (1255) (30 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | People and Place |
| Capability 3: | Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 4: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 5: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 6: | Communication |
| Capability 8: | Ethics and Professionalism |
Learning Outcomes
- Critically evaluate STEM integration as an approach, using frameworks from research (Capability 1.1, 3.1, 4.1 and 6.1)
- Make connections between STEM education research and personal practice (Capability 1.2, 3.1, 3.2 and 4.3)
- Develop a series of place-based classroom experiences that illustrate a STEM approach (Capability 1.3, 3.1, 5.1 and 5.2)
- Critically reflect on the process of developing STEM learning experiences (Capability 4.1, 6.1 and 8.1)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Digital badges | 20% | Individual Coursework |
| Research on place | 20% | Individual Coursework |
| STEM connections and resource bank | 25% | Individual Coursework |
| Critiquing STEM | 35% | Individual Coursework |
| 4 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Digital badges | ||||||||||
| Research on place | ||||||||||
| STEM connections and resource bank | ||||||||||
| Critiquing STEM | ||||||||||
Workload Expectations
This course is a standard 30 point course and students are expected to spend 20 hours per week involved in each 30 point course that they are enrolled in.
For this course, you can expect to spend approximately 4 hours a week working through each module. In addition, you can expect to spend, on average, approximately 16 hours per week reading, thinking about the content and working on assignments. This is spread over the whole semester, not just the weeks that modules are released.
Students who would like to complete their assessment in te reo need to signal this to the course co-ordinator before the first assignment is due.
Delivery Mode
Online
This course is delivered asynchronously online.
Course materials and activities are provided online and can be completed in a flexible manner. It is expected that students will complete each module and activity on a weekly schedule to receive timely responses and to create a learning community. Full participation in, and completion of all the online activities is strongly recommended as an aid to success in this course.
Study materials will be released progressively in blocks throughout the course. This course runs to the Faculty of Education and Social Work semester timetable and all the associated completion dates and deadlines will apply.
The course will not include live online events .
Attendance on campus is not required for assessment.
Learning Resources
Student Feedback
At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.
Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
Feedback from students in 2024 suggests that the course continues to work well, is easy to navigate and the assessments are relevant to practice. There were two suggestions regarding the timing of the release of course material, which were contradictory so we have decided to maintain the current timings. Another suggestion was to include an exemplar for Assignment 4, however, we have purposely decided not to do this so as to maintain the flexibility for students to craft their critique in their own way, focussing on what interests them the most. However, we have added an example of writing so that students can view the tone, style and examples of referencing expected at postgraduate level.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.