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Introduction
The purpose of this course is to provide the participants with opportunities to examine key issues in conceptualisation, enactment and evaluation of the science curriculum, and their implications for research and development.
The participants will learn about the history of changes to the science curriculum around the world. They will examine science standards documents from various countries and make connections to our Singapore science curriculum frameworks. They will unpack the term scientific literacy as discussed in 21 Century Competencies literature and understand its connections to PISA.
With knowledge about the sociopolitical context of science curriculum reform and issues in science reform, course participants will appreciate the usefulness of understanding evaluation perspectives and methods and apply them to design an evaluation study of a school-based science curriculum or programme.
This course is mutually exclusive to MSC902A-C.
This course is part of:
- FlexiMasters in Science Education
Learners must complete the following courses to attain the Graduate Certificate in Science Education (12 AU):
• MSC906 Representations and New Media in Science Education (or MSC906A-C)
Upon completion of the fourth course, MSC902 Science Curriculum Change and Curriculum Evaluation (or MSC902A-C), learners will fulfil the AU requirements to attain the FlexiMasters in Science Education (16 AU).
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Participants will be able to
- learn about the history of science reform in various countries and relate it to changes in the Singapore science education context. critically examine the issues of science curriculum reform. learn about curriculum evaluation perspectives and methods and apply it to conduct internal evaluation of a school science curriculum or programme.
Topics covered will include:
- Educational philosophy and reconstruction
- Curriculum theory
- History of science curriculum change in the global context and Singapore
- Science education standards documents in Singapore and other countries
- Unpacking Scientific literacy in 21CC literature in the global context and connections to PISA
- Issues of science curriculum change
- Curriculum evaluation roots and stances Curriculum evaluation methods
- Designing an evaluation study
Participants with background and/or experiences in areas related to science education will better appreciate the course contents.
Participants are recommended to take the courses in the sequence A, B, and C as the contents of the latter courses build on the foundations of the earlier courses.
Standard Course Fee: S$4490.80
| COURSE TITLE | ACADEMIC UNIT |
| MSC902A Lessons from the past: Science curriculum reforms and science learning* | 1 |
| MSC902B Overcoming challenges for meaningful science curriculum* | 1 |
| MSC902C Evaluating science curriculum for improved outcomes* | 2 |
| MSC903A What is science? - Demystifying science | 1 |
| MSC903B Drilling deeper: Theories of science as practice | 1 |
| MSC903C Overcoming the tensions and challenges for authentic science learning* | 2 |
| MSC904A Understanding alternative conceptions in science | 1 |
| MSC904B Ways to diagnose alternative ideas in science* | 1 |
| MSC904C Investigating and addressing alternative ideas in science* | 2 |
| MSC906A Exploring different modes of representing complex ideas in science | 1 |
| MSC906B Making sense of science: Unpacking how science is represented | 1 |
| MSC906C Constructing representations for teaching science* | 2 |
| MSC902 Science Curriculum Change and Curriculum Evaluation | 4 |
| MSC903 Science as Practice* | 4 |
| MSCC904 Alternative Conceptions and Conceptual Change in Science Learning* | 4 |
| MSC906 Representations and New Media in Science Education* | 4 |
Listed courses are:
- Credit-bearing and stackable to Graduate Certificate in Science Education (total 12AUs) and FlexiMasters in Science Education (total 16AUs)
*SSG funded and SkillsFuture Credit approved
