EDF5178 - Social education in the secondary years B - 2017

This unit builds on the understanding developed in EDF5177 (Social education in the secondary years A), to further prepare students to become effective and knowledgeable social education teachers. Students develop the ability to critically explore different approaches to teaching social education in Years 7 to 12. The unit involves an examination of various strategies, resources, activities and forms of assessment for teaching different areas of the social education curriculum. Students also critically examine national curriculum documents and explore examples of international research on social education teaching and learning, to prepare them to be teachers in other global contexts.

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

1. demonstrate a critical understanding of contemporary trends in, and approaches to, social education teaching in Australia and internationally
2. identify, evaluate and use different resources for teaching social education
3. effectively plan and teach social education lessons across different year levels and for students of diverse backgrounds and abilities
4. develop units of work that meet the requirements of curriculum documents for Years 7 to 10 and the post-compulsory Years 11 and 12, in either Australian or other global curriculum
5. understand and implement effective assessment programs for Years 7 to 12 social education and for students of diverse backgrounds and abilities
6. effectively design social education lessons that integrate information and communication technologies (ICT)
7. design social education lessons that facilitate critical thinking, research, numeracy and literacy skills.

Assessment design task (2000 words, 50%)

Unit of work (2000 words equivalent, 50%)

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

1. Contact hours for on-campus students:
   • 3 contact hours per week including 1 hour lecture
2. Additional requirements
   • independent study to make up the minimum required hours per week

See also Unit timetable information

Dr Jennifer Bleazby

Primary and secondary education

Secondary education

Secondary health and physical educationSecondary health and physical education (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/secondary-health-and-physical-education/)

EDF5177