Studies of society and environment 2
Ms J Edwards
4 points
* 2 hours per week
* First semester
* Peninsula
*
Prerequisites: EDN1445
Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should have gained knowledge and understandings about the most recent developments in social education, in particular, the Curriculum and Standards Framework series for this area. Students should be able to demonstrate and apply their understandings in the planning of units of work; the setting of aims and objectives; the selection of content and teaching methods; classroom organisation, assessment and evaluation, the planning of scope and sequence charts and the development of focus and contributing questions. Students should have developed an appreciation of the benefits and drawbacks of school-based curriculum development.
Synopsis This subject builds upon the principles and methods introduced in EDN1445 and extends their application to knowledge, skills, values, attitudes and social actions appropriate to middle and senior primary grades. Emphasis will be placed on designing social studies units of work incorporating advanced inquiry skills and key concepts associated with the strands in the Curriculum and Standards Framework series relating to the studies of society and environment.
Assessment Cumulative assessment tasks throughout the semester: 100%
Recommended texts
Curriculum Corporation A statement on studies of society and environment for Australian schools Curriculum Corporation, 1994
Curriculum Corporation Studies of society and environment: A curriculum profile for Australian schools Curriculum Corporation, 1994
Marsh C (ed.) Teaching studies of society and environment Prentice-Hall, 1994
Victorian Board of Studies Curriculum and standards framework: Studies of society and environment VBOS, 1995
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