Teaching the Humanities

Overview

This unit focuses on preparing pre-service teachers to plan, teach and assess the Humanities and Social Science learning areas of History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business within in the primary classroom. Pre-service teachers will gain knowledge of the principles, practices and curriculum content and key concepts of teaching Humanities and Social Sciences. Contemporary issues when teaching Humanities will also be considered. An emphasis will be placed on the use of ICT to support Humanities teaching and learning.

Learning outcomes

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Assessment

Content

• Curriculum
• Contemporary pedagogical approaches and methods of teaching Humanities and Social sciences, including the use of ICT
• Humanities concepts
• Principles of teaching, planning, assessing and reporting within the humanities
• Resources in Humanities
• Strategies for assessing student learning, including the importance and functions of moderation and providing feedback to enhance learning
• Contemporary issues in Humanities teaching
• Informal learning experiences
• Inquiry learning
• Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
• Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
• Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
• Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes
• Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy