Secondary Science Education
Update your science content knowledge and pedagogy for teaching Years 7-10 with evidence-based curriculum approaches.
Duration
6 weeksCost
$909
Advance your secondary science teaching with Deakin University’s microcredential
Build practical expertise in delivering innovative, differentiated science education for Years 7-10 students. This course helps teachers apply curriculum and contemporary pedagogical theories to boost student engagement and learning outcomes.
Refresh your science content knowledge
Focus on science subjects relevant to secondary education while integrating updated content knowledge suited for contemporary classrooms.
Strengthen your pedagogical practice
Learn to design teaching sequences that foster scientific thinking, ethical understanding, and inclusivity based on evidence and curricular frameworks.
Learn from expert educators
Deakin experts guide you through curriculum-aligned pedagogy, assessment strategies, and discipline-specific approaches to effective science teaching.
Apply learning in your teaching context
Develop tailored teaching and learning sequences supported by formative feedback to enhance your impact in secondary science classrooms.
How will the skills you learn help in your career?
You’ll develop practical science teaching techniques and curriculum expertise to enhance your effectiveness and career progression in secondary education.
How will you be assessed?
Assessment requires building a portfolio of evidence through formative tasks and developing a research proposal demonstrating your pedagogical approach and content mastery.
Will I receive university credits?
Upon successful completion of the written assessment, you’ll be awarded 0.5 Postgraduate Level Credits from Deakin University, and a Credly digital badge. You can build up your credits by completing more microcredentials offered by Deakin University.
What you will achieve
By the end of the microcredential, you’ll be able to...
- Apply contemporary pedagogy and assessment theory to the design, delivery, implementation and evaluation of innovative teaching practices and differentiated learning in specific science disciplines.
- Analyse a range of student assessment strategies relevant to secondary science and create theoretically informed approaches that maximise student learning and engagement across diverse cohorts.
- Evaluate curriculum requirements and synthesise these with learner needs to generate teaching and learning sequences that incorporate contemporary practice principles in science education.
- Formulate teaching and learning strategies that connect the discipline of science with broader contexts to develop ethical, equitable and sustainable scientific thinking in young people.
Are you eligible for this microcredential?
Ideal for secondary educators seeking to update their science teaching knowledge and skills aligned to current curricula and research.
Is this microcredential right for you?
This microcredential is designed for secondary teachers focused on improving science education delivery through evidence-based curricular and pedagogical methods.
Syllabus
What happens before, during, and after your microcredential
Before learning
You’ll have access to the welcome area to introduce yourself and familiarise yourself with the microcredential structure and course materials.
Course
From 5 Jan 2026
Secondary Science Education
Enhance your secondary science teaching skills by designing engaging and research-informed learning sequences aligned with Austral
6 weeks
10 hours per week
Week 1
Teaching Science
- Let's Get Started
- Teaching Science
- Weekly Wrap
Week 2
Science Pedagogy
- What is Science Pedagogy?
- Pedagogical Approach: Representation Construction Approach (RCA)
- Pedagogical approach (Representation Construction Approach (RCA)) across the science disciplines
- Weekly Wrap
Week 3
Approaches to Teaching and Learning Biology and Chemistry
- Science Disciplines
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Weekly Wrap
Week 4
Approaches to Teaching and Learning Earth and Space Science and Physics
- Let's Get Started
- Earth and Space Sciences
- Physics
- Weekly Wrap
Week 5
Applying the Learning
- Let's Get Started
- Interdisciplinary Learning Biology and Earth & Space Sciences
- Interdisciplinary Learning Chemistry and Physics
- Weekly Wrap
Week 6
Assessment details
- Assessment Preparation and Submission
- Course Wrap
After learning
Earn a digital credential and gain skills readily applicable to your teaching practice to improve student outcomes in science.
What you will receive
0.5 Deakin Credits at Postgraduate level from AQF
Receive a Credly badge verifying your learning and assessment. This badge is worth 0.5 postgraduate credit points and can be applied towards a Deakin University degree.
Find out how credits work and where you can use them in our FAQs.
A Digital Badge from Deakin University and Credly
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Additional benefits
Complete this online microcredential within six weeks or take extra time and use one of the four regular assessment windows to complete within 20–26 weeks of your enrolment.
What is a microcredential?
Microcredentials are designed to upskill you for work in rapidly-growing industries, without the time and cost commitment of a full degree. Your microcredential can stand alone as an independent credential, and some also offer academic credit to use towards a degree.
Complete online courses led by experts over multiple weeks with a dedicated group of professionals.
Test your understanding with online tutor-marked assessments and exercises.
Finish your learning and pass your assessments to gain an accredited credential.
Use your microcredential as evidence of your specialised skills and progress further in your industry.
Career-focused learning by Deakin University
Deakin University is one of Australia’s largest universities with more than 61,000 students and over 15,000 online.
Established
1974Location
Melbourne, AustraliaWorld ranking
Top 280Source: QS World University Rankings 2021
Delivered by experts
I am an experienced secondary science teacher and science education researcher. I currently co-design professional learning for secondary teachers bringing contemporary science to the classroom.
Learning on FutureLearn
Your learning, your rules
- Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
Join a global classroom
- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
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FAQ
We can accept payments made by card (Visa, Mastercard and American Express) or PayPal via our online system.
You will have 14 days from the day the course starts to apply for a refund. If this Microcredential has any non-refundable costs they will be stated in the ‘Overview’ section above. You can find more information in our cancellation and refund policy.
Microcredentials are designed to fit around your life and timezone.
There may be live events as part of your studies, but these will be recorded and can be watched afterwards if you aren’t online for the live broadcast.
No, microcredentials are designed to be taken anywhere in the world. You won’t need the right to study in the country where the university offering the microcredential is based.
Want to know more? Read the microcredential FAQs, or contact us.