TCH10303 - Curriculum Specialisation: Human Society and its Environment IA (2018)

Not currently available in 2018

Focuses on planning, implementing and evaluating strategies regarding the Stages 4, 5 and 6 Human Society and its Environment (HSIE) syllabi. An examination of teaching skills and development of values and perspectives, which are intrinsic to HSIE, will occur along with a focus on the professional requirements of the teachers.

1. Role of history, geography and related subjects in the broader school curriculum; contemporary perspectives and issues in the teaching of HSIE in secondary school.
2. Relating syllabus requirements to various pedagogical models for teaching and learning (including the NSW Quality Teaching Framework) to another educational jurisdiction.
3. Planning and sequencing lessons, and developing teaching and learning activities in a curriculum area not covered in the unit CS HSIE I. Students must select an area related to their undergraduate degree in either History, Geography or Society and Culture.
4. Principles of assessment for learning; modes and strategies for assessing student achievement learning outcomes in HSIE; planning and devising assessment activities for speaking, listening, viewing and representing; fitting assessment activities into teaching and learning sequences.
5. Planning and preparing for teaching and learning: (a) setting teaching and learning goals; (b) selecting and organising content; (c) selecting, developing and using materials and resources; (d) linking assessment to learning; (e) providing feedback to students; (f) monitoring students' progress and record keeping.
6. Planning and preparing for practical classes, demonstrations and fieldwork.
7. Strategies for teaching to meet the needs of a diversity of learners and cultural backgrounds, including Indigenous students, non-English speaking background students, and students with challenging behaviours.

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.