Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: Humanities and Social Sciences

• • Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) in the Australian Curriculum
  • Teaching through Critical Inquiry
  • Planning for HASS : lesson design
  • Planning for HASS: strategies and resourcing
  • Assessment strategies for HASS
  • How to integrate the HASS learning areas: history & historical inquiry
  • How to integrate the HASS learning areas: geography & geographical thinking
  • Developing language, literacy and numeracy in HASS
  • ICT and HASS
  • Cross-curricular priorities and HASS
  • Developing values and ethical understanding for active and informed citizenship
  • Developing values and ethical understanding for active and informed citizenship: planning
  • Review and Reflection

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• CUR-EDS131-Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: HASSedc (No longer available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

This subject was previously known as EDS131 Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: Humanities and Social Sciences.

This subject is designed to prepare pre-service Lower Secondary Humanities and Social Sciences teachers. The focus of the subject is on curriculum planning, teaching strategies, evaluation, resources, the demonstration of positive impact on student learning and research relating to Lower Secondary Humanities and Social Sciences. Teaching and learning practices to support and challenge a diverse student cohort are explored.

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• Essay (50%)
• Report (50%)

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