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Assessment Methods: SIP2008 TEACHING OF ELECTRICITY
Continuous assessment: 40%
Final examination: 60% This course assists students to build knowledge,
skills and values regarding the concept of
SIP2005 TEACHING IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY electricity. This course comprises of three
sections, namely the theory, planning and
Students will analyze and understand the practice. The theory section will discuss
curriculum of physical chemistry in upper knowledge and skills which are required to master
secondary and pre-university level. This course the concept of electricity. The planning section
also introduces students to theories related to will guide the trainee teachers in implementing
physical chemistry learning. The course also strategies, skills and values that can be applied in
provides students to develop their own principled the classroom and laboratory. Finally, the
understanding and practices of appropriate practical section will focus on the contextual
teaching of physical chemistry in upper secondary implementation of teaching electricity through
and pre-university level. Students will learn to use consolidated pedagogies and create alternatives
appropriate teaching approaches and strategies, to enable exemplary teaching.
planning of lessons, methods of presentations
and innovative use of instructional aids. Assessment Methods:
Continuous assessment: 70%
Assessment Methods: Final examination: 30%
Continuous assessment: 70%
Final examination: 30% SIP2009 CURRICULUM IN PHYSICS EDUCATION

SIP2006 TECHNOLOGY IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION The course will include a critical examination of all
aspects of the design, implementation, and
The focus of this course is to assist students to assessment of the Physics curricula. First, the
integrate technologies into biology education in philosophy of Physics and goals in the
order to create a hypermedia learning development of the Physics curriculum will be
environment that will be stimulating and discussed. Early curriculum models such as those
interactive for digital natives. Among the topics put forward by Tyler, as well as alternative designs
that will be given emphasis are information in curriculum such as the problem-based and
retrieval skills, and information management brain-based learning models will also be debated
skills using latest software. Students will also be upon. In addition, Curriculum Theory, Practice
exposed to appropriate technological tools to and Development in Physics will also be
design and create teaching and learning examined. A review of Physics curricula of various
materials. nations to seek alternatives in designing a
Assessment Methods: dynamic curriculum will also be considered.
Continuous assessment: 100%
Assessment Methods:
SIP2007 TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT OF Continuous assessment: 70%
ABSTRACT CONCEPT IN BIOLOGY Final examination: 30%

This course deepens students' understanding of SIP2010 TEACHING IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
the principles and practices of teaching and
learning which involves the mastery of abstract Students will analyse and understand the
concepts in Biology such as the concepts of curriculum of inorganic chemistry in upper
cellular respiration and photosynthesis. The secondary and pre-university level. This course
course will examine appropriate teaching and also introduces students to theories related to
assessment strategies concepts in Biology. The inorganic chemistry learning. The course also
instructional strategies include experimentation provides students to develop their own principled
understanding and practices of appropriate
Assessment Methods: teaching of inorganic chemistry in upper
Continuous assessment: 100% secondary and pre-university level. Students will
learn to use appropriate teaching approaches and
strategies, planning of lessons, methods of

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