Society and Environment in Years 3-9

Course aim

To develop student understandings of this multidisciplinary learning area, including history, geography and futures education, focusing on disciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching and learning approaches that are connected to contexts suitable for Years 3 to 9 students.

Course content

Historical, geographical and futures perspectives are core components of society and environment and have informed the construction of this course. This course engages students with constructivist perspectives of student learning and focuses on inquiry approaches to thinking and working socially and environmentally from inclusive and critical perspectives; planning for learning in society and environment; student centred inquiry; resources that inform and support planning for learning, including outreach and outside of classroom sources; social justice, democratic process and ecological sustainability as core elements of the Years 3-9 society and environment curriculum.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop	3 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Report, review of teacher resources, Viva

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.