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ED5891:03
Diversity, Society and Environment for Primary School
Available ONLY to students enrolled in the Master of Teaching (Program A) (Primary).
Ms H McDonald.
The subject is organised around teachers' decision making in planning and implementing learnings in social and environmental education in primary settings in contexts of increasing diversity. It aims to develop pre-service teachers' competence in planning, implementing and assessing engaging, effective and culturally inclusive learning experiences and programs that position all learners as active participants in culturally diverse societies. It includes an examination of educational policies designed to promote non-sexist, non-racist and other non-discriminatory ways of relating to others in support of key values expicit in current social and environmental education programs.
assess the theoretical orientations, sources of knowledge and pedagogy of social and environmental education for learners in primary settings;
explain links between principles and policies in studies of society and environment and their implementation in planning, delivering and evaluating such programs in schools;