Issues in Society and Environment 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 and ways Years 3 to 9 students think and work socially and environmentally from critical and culturally inclusive perspectives.

Course content

Constructivist perspectives of student learning; 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. Society and environment includes historical, geographical and futures perspectives and understandings.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop	3 hours x 10 weeks

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

Assessment

Essay: teacher resource review, Report: teaching and learning unit plan, Viva: planning for student learning

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.