FARADAY STREET LECTURE BLOCK
FARADAY STREET
FOURTH FLOOR FIFTH FLOOR
S SCULPTURE H HALL
M METALWORK LR LECTURE ROOM
W WOODWORK T1,2,3 TUTORIAL ROOMS
0 OFFICE ST STAFF ROOM
L LIFT 0 OFFICE
ES EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES VP VICE PRINCIPAL
N1,2 NEEDLEWORK 60 GENERAL OFFICE
C COMMON ROOM—LOCKERS L LIFT
P PAINTING STUDIO MD1,2 MECHANICAL DRAWING
6 DESIGN ID LIFE DRAWING A,
PAINTING
(ii) ORGANIZATION
The importance of the class teacher taking his own physical education program. Time allotments, facilities, equipment, and legal considerations as elements in an understanding of organization for efficient teaching of the primary syllabus.
(iii) PRACTICAL
Emphasis in practical sessions will be placed on skills analysis and teaching situations rather than on performance, except in swimming where each student will be required to reach the twenty-five yards certificate standard.
Year 2
(i) FOUNDATIONS Physiology H
A study at greater depth of the systems dealt with in Year t.
Particular emphasis will be placed on the nervous, respiratory, circulatory and muscular systems, and their inter-relatedness.
Child Development II
An extension and a deepening of the topic. Particular attention will be given to the study of maturation, personality development, and learning theory. Much of this work will be linked with the Principles and Practice of Teaching.
Principles II
A critical evaluation of the application of philosophical, psychological, and physiological principles to the primary school program.
Further development of the principles studied in Year t, with their implications when they are applied to the teaching situation.
(ii) ORGANIZATION
A critical evaluation of the syllabus content, and the influence of these findings on the development of health and physical education in the primary school.
Organization and administration of the practical aspects of the school health and physical education program.
(iii) PRACTICAL
The student will continue to develop his ability to analyse skills, while he is acquiring the fundamental skills of ball-handling, gymnastics, athletics the dance, and swimming and life-saving.
Each student will be expected to make full use of the facilities available for the development of personal skills.
Year 3 An optional unit
With a background and understanding of the subject provided by previous study, the student should be ready to proceed with specialization.
Therefore he will be given an opportunity to select areas of particular interest to examine in depth.
As in Year 2, personalized physical activity is regarded as fundamental to this course. (i) THEORY
One subject from each of three areas broadly described as Health Education, Movement Theory and Measurement, and Systems and Philosophies must be selected for study.
(ii) PRACTICE
In addition to the general and compulsory personal activities of the cou rses, the student will specialize in one aspect of one of the following:
the dance gymnastics swimming major games athletics
An optional unit
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SCIENCE
Year I A compulsory basic course
(i) AIMS, METHODS, ORGANIZATION Science in the primary school.
(iij TRENDS IN TEACHING
Recent developments in Victoria, The United Kingdom, The United States of America.
(iii) EXPERIMENTS
The construction and demonstration of science experiments in the physical and biological sciences.
(iv) ASSIGNMENTS Preparation of classroom experiments
Preparing and giving a series of three science lessons in the classroom Reports on field excursions.
Year 2 An optional unit with election
Students will select for study two of the following sections:
(i) GENETICS A
(ii) HISTOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY (iii) GEOLOGY
(iv) ENTOMOLOGY
v) SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF VICTORIAN FLOWERING PLANTS
(vi) MARINE BIOLOGY (vii) ECOLOGY
Year 3 An optional unit with election
Students will select for study two of the following sections:
(1) HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
• (ii) GENETICS B (iii) ECOLOGY
(iv) SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF VICTORIAN FLOWERLESS PLANTS
*(v) EVOLUTION (vi) GEOLOGY
`For these sections GENETICS A is a pre-requisite
SOCIAL SCIENCES Two courses are available:
Social Science A Social Science B SOCIAL SCIENCE A
Year t A compulsory basic unit
(i) SOCIOLOGY
A study of the structure and institutions of our society, in order to develop social awareness and social competence.
(ii) AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
An examination of the development, function, and effectiveness of our political institutions.
(iii) CONTEMPORARY WORLD PROBLEMS
A study of the significant issues disturbing our society today, in order to keep informed those who have some knowledge of existing problems, and to provide background and to develop the interest of all students in new issues.
(iv) SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL Familiarization with
the aims and content of the course of study in social studies units of work in social studies.
Year 2 An optional unit with election
Students will choose one area:
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
A study of the social and political development of Australia from the first settlement to the present day
or
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA
A study of the resource structure and economic growth of Australia, with particular attention to the explosive development of resources over the past decade in Northern and Western Australia.
Year 3 An optional unit with election
ASIAN STUDIES
The Australian studies of the previous year are extended now to a sphere of influence and commitment which to us is most vital—ASIA. A study in some depth of the economic, social, and political history of two Asian nations (e.g. China, Japan, Vietnam).
SOCIAL SCIENCE B
Year I A compulsory basic unit
This course is identical with the course for the first year of Social Science A
Year 2 An optional unit with election
MODERN GOVERNMENT
A study of selected modern political institutions. The systems of govern- ment of the United Kingdom, and two other countries, chosen from the United States of America, Russia, and Germany will be studied.
POLITICAL THEORY
Year 3 An optional unit
The history of the major political ideas which have influenced all systems of government, particularly those studied in Year 2.
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FIRST STAGE
When the site is fully developed the existing buildings (1939 building, Arts and Crafts and Melbourne Teachers College) will have been demol- ished and replaced by multi-storey buildings housing the primary college on the Grattan Street frontage, and the future arts and crafts college on the Swanston Street frontage.
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