Pedagogy Map for Junior Science - Model of the first few General Capabilities

From General Capabilities Low end High end Links to Pedagogy ICT Connections In my
(traditional) (contemporary) classroom/unit
pedagogy pedagogy
(explicit (opportunities to
teaching, apply and
modelling and develop this
practising) capability)

Literacy: Students should be Explicit Provide Deep knowledge & Students learn to Keynote
able to compose texts that teaching of opportunity for higher order thinking: comprehend text presentation in
provide information, describe literacy - the students to Students gather through reading lesson 2.
events and phenomena, modelling and apply and information and interpret articles and data
recount experiments, present practising develop their texts that provide representations such
and evaluate data, give communication literacy skills to information for as images online that
explanations and present of findings to an communicate progressive learning. provide information.
opinions or claims.This audience. findings to an
includes being able to audience in a Student-led Learning: Create models of
comprehend and compose self-selected and Students are given the element to show visual
multimedia texts such as relevant way. choice of their research representation for
charts, graphs, diagrams, topic. keynote.
pictures, maps, animations,
models and visual media.

Critical and Creative Students have Students are Deep knowledge and Students are Keynote
Thinking: Students develop modelled and provided with high order thinking: encouraged to find out presentation in
understandings of concepts are taught opportunities to Students are encourage interesting facts about lesson 2.
through active inquiry that explicitly the actively inquire to use different materials the chosen element
involves planning and selecting processes of using learned to create model and for the keynote
appropriate information, thinking/investi skills in formats to present presentation.
evaluating sources of gation in self-directed presentation in.
information to formulate Science. learning.
conclusions and to critically
reflect on their own and the
collective process. They learn
to generate and evaluate
knowledge, ideas and
possibilities, and use them
when seeking new pathways or
solutions. They also learn the
skill of posing questions,
making predictions,
speculating, solving problems
through investigation, making
evidence-based decisions, and
analysing and evaluating
evidence.

ICT Capability:
Students use ICTs to research
science concepts and
applications, investigate
scientific phenomena and
communicate their scientific
understandings. This includes
using ICTs to access
information; collect, analyse
and represent data; model and
interpret concepts and
Use of ICTs as Use of ICTs to Real World And Relevant Students use a wide Keynote is lesson 2
a direct tool redesign or Problems: Students gain variety of ICT tools in
substitute for a create a keynote and the classroom in order Education Perfect
task, with or completely new web-browsing skills, and to become confident in Lesson 1
without any task that was teacher explains how and versatile learners.
functional previously these skills will be useful Kahoot is lesson 3
change. inconceivable. in future careers and Students use
adult life. web-based interactive General laptop and
ICT resources when internet skills for
Collaborative & Social researching, and lesson 1, 2 and 3.
Learning: Students learning about safe
relationships; and collaborate over during conduct and ethical
communicate science ideas, Kahoot quiz. behaviour.
processes and information.

Numeracy: Students use Students use Students can Student-led Learning: The students use data Presentation in
practical measurement and the practical interpret data to Students conduct own found when lesson 2.
collection, representation and measurements draw conclusions research and create own researching
interpretation of data from under the without teacher data results e.g. weighing information for
investigations. direction of the assistance. material in an presentation such as
teacher. experiment. boiling and melting
point.

Intercultural understanding: Students are Through online Not covered Through the use of all Not covered in
Students appreciate the taught that student-centered aspects of ICT, Learning
contribution that diverse scientists of research, a students can access Sequence.
cultural perspectives have diverse cultural student will information on other
made to the development, perspectives discover that cultures that can
breadth and diversity of developed many scientific provide
science knowledge and science discoveries were understanding.
applications. knowledge. made by Students are
They are also aware that the scientists from encouraged to respect
raising of some debates within different cultures. other cultures.
culturally diverse groups They learn to
requires cultural sensitivity. respect these
discoveries, and
understand that
principles are
universal, and
only language
and symbolism
varies across
 cultures.

Personal and Social Students are Students are Collaborative and Social Students compete Kahoot online quiz
Capability: Students learn taught how encouraged to Learning: Students against each other in a in lesson 3.
how scientific knowledge science is used develop lifelong collaborate face to face in fun and interactive
informs and is applied in their in their own goals, and class and via Kahoot online quiz platform. Presentation in
daily lives, and explore how lives. short-term online quiz. lesson 2.
scientific debate provides a science goals Students share their
means of contributing to their Students are that will help presentations with
communities. This includes told to aim for a them meet their other students,
developing skills in higher grade, lifelong goals. therefore sharing
communication, initiative and work information.
taking, goal setting, interacting collaboratively Students are
with others and with other encourage to
decision-making, and the students work
capacity to work independently effectively with collaboratively,
and collaboratively. teacher and are held
supervision. accountable for
their
contributions.

Ethical understanding: Students are Students Low end pedagogy. Students learn to When creating
Students explore and apply taught ethical investigate acknowledge the work keynote
ethical guidelines in their guidelines. ethical guidelines of others respectfully. presentation
investigations. Including the and how they Especially, their students have to
ethical judgement of codes of shape scientific intellectual property, acknowledge
practice, the use of scientific knowledge and that the students use where they got
knowledge, and the application practice. to support their their information
of science. evidence-based from.
arguments.