Undergraduate Course: Technological Activity 4 (EDUA10047)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Education | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | There are six main components to this course: A consultation exercise (knowing the views of the customer is an essential start to the development of a product); the preparation of a complete product design specification; the preparation of CAD based working drawings and presentation techniques; Manufacturing processes; How to evaluate the educational worth of a resource; Developing an action research plan. | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12  Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  15 | 
 
	
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |  
| First Class | 
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	| Additional information | 
	First class: Tuesday 22nd September 1pm in G14 Charteris Land 
 
PLEASE NOTE THIS CLASS RUNS FROM 1PM - 5PM 
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
By the end of the course students will be able to: 
 
i.	identify the key requirements of 5-14 Environmental Studies (Technology) 
 
ii.	carry out an audit of 5-14 Technology in a secondary school 
 
iii.	define the terms continuity, progression, coherence and differentiation and apply them as relevant in (iv) below 
 
iv. Design and produce (in conjunction with secondary teachers) a learning/teaching unit suitable for S1/2 pupils which encompasses the key requirements of 5-14 
 
v. Use the resources and materials produced to implement (iv) above and evaluate their effectiveness | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
1. Mind map of 5-14 technology 
2. Audit of 5-14 in S1/2 
3. Teaching package 
4. Resources to support the learning |  
 
Special Arrangements 
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Additional Information 
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Susan Mclaren 
Tel: 0131 6(51 6615) 
Email: susan.v.mclaren@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mr David Barrett 
Tel: (0131 6)51 6436 
Email: david.barrett@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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