• Students should be aware of and apply the University policy on academic honesty (see: https://policies.mq.edu.au/document/view.php?id=3)
• Unless a Special Consideration (see: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/special-consideration) request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of‚ 0 (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11:55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). 
• Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic. 
• Please format assessments using 12-point font and 1.5 spacing.
• All assessments are submitted electronically. Turnitin plagiarism detection software is used to check all written assessments.
• Students can use Turnitin’s Originality Report as a learning tool to improve their academic writing if this option is made available in the unit.
• Students should carefully check that they submit the correct file for an assessment as no re-submissions will be accepted after the due date and time, including instances where students upload an incorrect file in error.
• Word limits are strictly applied. Work above the word limit will not be marked. 
• All assessments are marked using a clear marking scheme or a rubric.
• Marking of all assessments is moderated by the Unit Convenor.
• Applications for extensions must be made via AskMQ (https://ask.mq.edu.au/). 
• It is not the responsibility of unit staff to contact students who have failed to submit assessments.  If you have any missing items of assessment, it is your responsibility to make contact with the unit convenor.

University policy on grading 

Criteria for awarding grades for assessment tasks 

Assignments will be awarded grades ranging from HD to F according to guidelines set out in the University's Grading Policy. For Professional Experience units the PE Report is marked as satisfactory or unsatisfactory and the Teaching Performance Assessment (in final PE units) is marked as not meets, meets or exceeds. The following descriptive criteria are included for your information. 

Descriptive Criteria for awarding grades in the unit 

In order to meet the unit outcomes and successfully pass this unit, students must make a genuine attempt at all assessment tasks. Where any submitted assessment task is considered to be unsatisfactory in this regard, the highest possible final grade that can be awarded for the unit will be 45. 

Withdrawing from this unit

If you are considering withdrawing from this unit, please seek academic advice via https://ask.mq.edu.au before doing so as this unit may be a co-requisite or prerequisite for units in the following sessions and may impact your course progression.

Results

Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au.

Use of Artifiicial Intelligence

Ensure that any work you submit does not report any content or ideas generated by third parties or artificial intelligence sources.

Information about the unit iLearn site  

This unit has a full web presence through iLearn.  

Students will need regular access to a computer and the Internet to complete this unit. 

Weekly access to iLearn is compulsory for all students. Important assessment information will be posted here, as will other relevant unit notices and materials, including a reading template and guide to lecture note taking to assist your studies.

Various activities and materials for discussion and critical reflection are included and students enrolled in INFQ mode are especially encouraged to use this web component. Electronic links and suggested references will be included in the Resources section or under weekly tabs. Please check the iLearn unit regularly.  

There will be 1 x one hour lecture per week  Slides to accompany the lectures are also provided under the relevant weekly tab on iLearn. We recommend that you listen to all lectures, and make notes while you listen, to help with your study.

• Weekly Science lectures are available on the web through the ECHO360 lecture component. 
• Mathematics lectures will will be available on iLearn.

For Frequent attendees, weekly tutorials will be 2 hours long. You are expected to attend every tutorial and engage with your peers and teacher. Rolls will be marked every week. 

For Infrequent attendees, you will be required to attend both on-campus days. Keep up with weekly lectures and readings.  Rolls will be marked at each on campus day.

In tutorials / on campus days, students will discuss issues and questions arising from the lectures and prescribed readings. Readings will be available via Leganto.

The weekly program for the course with the accompanying readings/ preparation is available on the iLearn site.

Access and technical assistance

Information for students about access to the online component of this unit is available at https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/index.php. You will need to enter your student username and password.

Please do NOT contact the Unit Convenor regarding iLearn technical help. 

Assistance is available from IT Helpdesk 

Ph: 9850 4357 or 1800 67 4357 

Email: help.mq.edu.au.

On Campus: Ground floor at 18 Wally’s Walk

Structure

The unit structure can be found in the university timetable 

In the tutorial students will discuss issues and questions arising from the lectures and prescribed readings. They are expected to base their arguments/discussions on evidence from published research and other relevant material. There will be a supporting iLearn site for the unit providing additional readings, links and materials.  

The weekly program for the course with the accompanying readings/ preparation is available on the unit iLearn site. 

Required and recommended texts 

Reys, R., Lindquist, M., Lambdin, D., Smith, N., Rogers, A., Cooke, A., Bennett, S., Ewing, B., & West, J. (2021). Helping Children Learn Mathematics (3rd Australian Edition). Wiley.

Skamp, K. & Preston, C. (Eds.) (2021). Teaching primary science constructively (7th ed.). Cengage Learning.

Forbes, A. (2023). Primary science education: A teacher’s toolkit. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-26105-0

An overview of weekly content will be available on iLearn.

The 5Rs Framework, developed by the School of Education at Macquarie University, is embedded throughout your teacher education course.  

Your use of the 5Rs Framework will help you develop the capabilities that will make your teaching career sustainable and fulfilling.  

In this unit, you will learn using the 5Rs framework in the following important ways: 

Resilience

Students will build resilience by engaging strongly with intellectually challenging content relevant to teaching. Students will draw on social and structural supports including meaningful interaction with a range of peers as well as teaching staff in the unit.

Reflexive

Students will discuss the ways in which mathematics and science activities can be adapted to meet the learning needs of all students in their classroom and discuss their beliefs/attitudes towards mathematics and science and use it to reflect how they change during the course. 

Responsive

Students will respond to a range of educational scenarios relating to mathematics and science activities. 

Ready to learn

Participate and contribute to discussions and activities in tutorials.

Research engaged

Refer to academic literature to broaden your understanding of the content.