Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences in the Primary Years

• • Introduction to the unit, Components of the HASS learning area in the Primary School context
  • Planning for learning: Teaching Inquiry in the HASS classroom
  • Unpacking the curriculum: History
  • Unpacking the curriculum: Embedding Indigenous Perspective and Cross-Curriculum Priorities
  • Unpacking the curriculum: Geography and sustainable development
  • Unpacking the curriculum: Civics and Citizenship (including values in HASS)
  • Unpacking the curriculum: Economics and Business
  • Integrating Humanities and Social Sciences: Lesson planning, thinking and concept building
  • Assessment in the Humanities – Formative and summative
  • Approaches to Teaching HASS: Building Sustainable Communities. Developing Empathy

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-PRI-MAS-2021

Elective

• CUR-EDU-GCE-2021
• CUR-EDU-GCE-2021
• CUR-SEC-MAS-2021

Special requirements

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  Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative, access to video creation and editing software.

This subject prepares pre-service teachers to teach Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) in Primary schools through the areas of History, Geography, Economics and Business and Civics and Citizenship. It explores the history and development of the learning area, inquiry approaches to teaching, learning and assessment and integration of HASS in the primary school years.

Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

• Essay (50%)
• Inquiry Project (50%)

Current study term: 29 Aug 21 to 28 Nov 21