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EDF2070 · Humanities and social sciences
2026 Handbook6 credit pointsLevel 2Faculty of Education
Last checked: 23 Aug 2026 UTCOverview
The Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) afford learners the means to understand and act in the world from an early age. This unit explores how you as a primary teacher can best facilitate the learning of the learners you will teach using single-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary or integrated lenses. You will explore how the HASS learning area is taught in the primary years and engage with pedagogical viewpoints and assessment strategies relevant to the HASS curriculum. You will also learn and develop the skills of implementing the HASS curriculum using inquiry-based methodologies and via deliberate connections to real-world issues.
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton | Second semester | Teaching activities are on-campus and in a block period (ON-BLK) |
| Peninsula | Second semester | Teaching activities are on-campus and in a block period (ON-BLK) |
Assessment
The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plan HASS fieldwork (2400 words or equivalent) | Project | 60% | — |
| 2 | Developing a HASS unit (1600 words or equivalent) | Project | 40% | — |
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Requisites
Learning outcomes
- demonstrate knowledge of the Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) curriculum area, especially comparative and unique concepts and skills within Geography, History, Economics and Business, Civics and Citizenship
- understand how primary school learners develop knowledge, skills and understandings in HASS
- develop appropriate strategies and techniques for teaching HASS in primary schools
- plan and develop lessons and units for teaching primary HASS
- develop inquiry teaching practices that engage primary school learners in active, inquiry-based learning in HASS
Workload
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
| Activity | Duration |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 6 hours |
| Tutorials | 18 hours |
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