EDF5178 · Humanities: Social sciences in secondary years B

Overview

This unit builds on the understanding developed in EDF5177 Humanities: Social sciences in secondary years A, to further prepare you to become effective and knowledgeable social science teachers. You will develop the ability to critically explore and use different approaches to teaching humanities and social science (HASS), especially in Years 11 to 12. The unit involves developing your capacity to use various planning strategies, resources, activities and forms of assessment for teaching different areas of the HASS curriculum, including studies in the Victorian Certificate of Education, such as sociology, philosophy, and politics. You will also critically examine Australian curriculum documents and explore international research on HASS teaching and learning to prepare you to be a teacher in local and global contexts.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. demonstrate a critical understanding of contemporary trends in, and approaches to, HASS teaching in Australia and internationally, especially during the senior secondary years of schooling
2. identify, evaluate and use different resources for teaching HASS, including digital resources and artificial intelligence
3. effectively plan and teach HASS sequences of lessons for the senior secondary years of schooling, which accommodate students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
4. develop sequences of lessons that align with HASS curriculum documents for Years 11 and 12
5. design and implement valid, reliable and fair summative assessment tasks and quality assessment strategies for Years 11 to 12 HASS, including for students of diverse backgrounds and abilities
6. effectively design HASS sequences of lessons that integrate information and communication technologies (ICT), including artificial intelligence, and include quality incursions or excursions
7. design HASS learning activities that facilitate case study, source analysis, critical media literacy, and text analysis skills.

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.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.