Postgraduate - UnitEDF5033 - Humanities and social sciences education in the primary years

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Berwick Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Niranjan Casinader

Synopsis

This unit examines how school students can learn to understand the world through history, economics, geography and citizenship education and through cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary lenses on the world. This includes understandings of the range of cultural experiences within both Australian and global communities. Students engage with theoretical, philosophical, pedagogical viewpoints and assessment strategies that address issues related to the themes of Indigenous Australia, environmental sustainability and Asia and the world. The unit develops understanding of how educators can embrace diversity and teach for social justice, and how events shape our societies and places within them.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

understand how students learn and develop understanding in the humanities and social sciences
demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts and structure of the content and diverse teaching strategies
plan lesson sequences in the humanities and social sciences, using knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies, and a range of resources
demonstrate the capacity to monitor, assess and interpret student learning in ways that acknowledge and engage with diversity using a variety of assessment methods, and modify teaching practices appropriately
develop understanding of democratic practice and equity in communities and reflect on a social justice orientation to teaching practice
show sociocultural awareness and positive views of students from diverse backgrounds
understand the ways in which different perspectives and cross-cultural understandings influence and shape communities and schools
understand the range of cultural experiences within Australian and global communities and the ways in which many cultures have changed the nature of Australian society.

Assessment

Seminar facilitation (2000 words, 50%)
Curriculum research project (2000 words, 50%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

equivalent to 24 hours engagement in online, face-to-face or blended platforms

(b.) Contact hours for off-campus students:

equivalent to 24 hours engagement in online or blended platforms

(c.) Additional requirements (all students)

independent study to make up the minimum required hours per semester

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Marc Pruyn

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Primary education
Primary and secondary education