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EDF2070 · Humanities and social sciences
2027 Handbook6 credit pointsLevel 2Faculty of Education
Overview
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 students you will teach using single-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary and integrated lenses. You will explore how the HASS curriculum and discipline is taught in the primary years and engage with multiple 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peninsula | Second semester | Teaching activities are on-campus and in a block period (ON-BLK) |
| Clayton | 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 | Demonstrating HASS content understanding (2400 words or equivalent) | Project | 60% | — |
| 2 | Developing HASS curriculum (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 and discipline, especially comparative and unique concepts and skills within Geography, History, Economics and Business, and 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 critical inquiry/social justice-oriented teaching practices that engage primary school learners in active HASS learning.
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. *Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements
| Activity | Duration |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 6 hours |
| Tutorials | 18 hours |
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