ED5891 - Diversity, Society and Environment for Primary School

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
Administered by:

Available ONLY to students enrolled in the Master of Teaching (Program A) (Primary).

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.

Learning Outcomes

• 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;
• identify and critically apply educational policies which support the values of social justice, democratic processes, ecological and economical sustainability and peace;
• use principles of culturally inclusive curriculum and pedagogy to prepare engaging and effective inquiry units which provide significant learnings in social and environmental education in a variety of contexts.

Prerequisites:	Undergraduate degree
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ED3195

Availabilities
, , Study Period 3
Census Date 27-Jan-2006
Face to face teaching 06-Feb-2006 to 10-Feb-2006
Coord/Lect:	Miss Juanita Sellwood.
Contact hours:	26 hours
Assessment:	(30%); (70%).
, , Study Period 3
Census Date 27-Jan-2006
Face to face teaching 06-Feb-2006 to 10-Feb-2006
Coord/Lect:	edhm.
Contact hours:	26 hours 13 hours
Assessment:	(30%); (70%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.