ED3212 - Social Science Curriculum Year 10

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
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 the social sciences and the 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 the social sciences and the 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.

Assumed Knowledge:	The organisation of ED3212 assumes that students are able to draw on a range of university studies in relevant disciplines to devise learning activities specific to the social science subjects at the secondary level. ED3212 also assumes that students will deepen their understanding regarding general curriculum, learning and pedagogical issues. Students should have acquired levels of literacy and numeracy consistent with a third year undergraduate student undertaking a Bachelor of Education at James Cook University.
Prerequisites:	ED2488
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ED5225

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 28-Mar-2013
Coord/Lect:	Dr Kelsey Halbert.
Contact hours:	39 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (25%); in class examination (15%); unit plan (50%); resource presentation (10%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 28-Mar-2013
Coord/Lect:	Dr Kelsey Halbert.
Contact hours:	39 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (25%); in class examiantion (15%); resource presentation (10%); unit plan (50%).

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.