This assessment task requires you to write an essay, reflecting on the key role of education to empower students to participate in a world in which science and technology is embedded throughout all aspects of our lives. Assessment details Within your essay, respond to the following statements: Throughout the essay you will: • explore the place of science and technology (digital and design) in education • explore the role of science and technology teachers in equipping and preparing students to be scientifically and technologically literate • explore examples of teaching and assessment strategies for effective and engaging teaching of science and technology Professor Ian Chubb (2011) said, citing a 2011 survey of Year 11 and 12 students: …our younger generations appear to be disinterested – even disengaged from science – even though they use its applications every day: from their food, to their pens, to shoes, to clothes, to smart phones, iPods, televisions and laptops. The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Technologies (ACARA, 2012) states: Technologies enrich and impact on the lives of people, cultures and societies globally. It is important that as a nation we make connections between creativity, technologies and enterprise as a catalyst for twenty-first century innovation. We depend upon technologies for food and fibre production, communication, construction, energy and water management, health and wellbeing, knowledge creation, information management, manufacturing and transportation. 1 EDU70002 Science and Technology in the Primary Classroom • explore a range of approaches to science and technology teaching • support your discussions with relevant readings from the learning materials and your own wider research • adhere to APA referencing style, including in-text citations and a References list (not included in the word count)
