ED3212 - Social Science Curriculum Year 10

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Education

Available to students enrolled in Bachelor of Education (Secondary).

This subject addresses principles and practices and content related to teaching and learning in Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) and its informing disciplines of History and Geography in middle school settings with reference to relevant national and state curriculum frameworks. The subject develops pre-service teachers' competence in planning, implementing and assessing historical and geographical inquiries which promote active and informed citizenship. The subject builds a repertoire of strategies that promote higher-order thinking capacities in order for children and adolescents to critically engage with evidence and arrive at well-reasoned conclusions and sustainable courses of action. The subject will consolidate pre-service teachers' own knowledge and understanding of biophysical, social, economic and political social systems.

Learning Outcomes

• pre-service teachers understand theoretical orientations, sources of knowledge, and pedagogical and curriculum principles which inform environmental and social education;
• pre-service teachers identify opportunities to consider indigenous and diverse perspectives, and strategies to cater for a variety of learner characteristics and needs;
• pre-service teachers utilise curriculum, inquiry- learning and assessment frameworks in order to plan intellectually challenging and worthwhile environmental and social inquiries;
• pre-service teachers employ strategies which explicitly and purposefully promote students' literacy, numeracy, ICT and critical thinking skills within investigative and participatory contexts;
• pre-service teachers understand the importance of SOSE and its informing disciplines of History and Geography in light of ecological sustainability and human development issues.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams.

Prerequisites:	ED2488 OR ED2499
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ED5225

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Coord/Lect:	Dr Kelsey Halbert.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (25%); in class examination (15%); unit plan (50%); resource presentation (10%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Ms Helen McDonald
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (25%); in class examination (15%); unit plan (50%); resource presentation (10%).

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.