School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Teaching and Learning in Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Unit Code

    HSS2130
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ekaterina THIVEOS

Description

This unit is the introductory curriculum unit of study for students who wish to undertake a major in teaching in the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area at lower secondary and senior school level. The unit examines the theoretical perspectives for understanding the Humanities and Social Sciences learning area. Areas of focus include, conceptual and process outcomes of the learning area, outcomes based teaching and learning, resources, planning for learning, concept building and, teaching and learning skills for the early adolescent and young adulthood phases of development.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SSE2103, SSE2130

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the rationale for the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area within the context of the Australian Curriculum.
  2. Interpret and utilise the syllabus prescriptions in the Humanities and Social Sciences subjects to develop knowledge and understandings, concepts, skills and values that can be taught effectively in the learning area.
  3. Plan and prepare a range and sequence of learning experiences.
  4. Explore various planning formats for a range of learning experiences.
  5. Describe the conceptual and methodological contributions of the disciplines of History, Geography, Economics and Business, and Civics and Citizenship to the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area
  6. Review teaching and learning strategies and processes for developing knowledge and understandings, concept building and skills development.
  7. Review and utilise a range of resource materials.

Unit Content

  1. The provisions in the Australian Curriculum for History, Geography Economics and Business, and Civics and Citizenship, and any adoptions and adaptations by the Western Australian Schools Curriculum and Standards Authority for the purposes of teaching and learning in WA secondary schools.
  2. Teaching and learning skills.
  3. Lesson planning and developing a sequence of learning experiences.
  4. Resources for secondary subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area.
  5. Planning and implementing strategies to achieve and assess appropriate learning outcomes in the Learning Area subjects.
  6. The conceptual and methodological contribution of the subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area.
  7. Definition, rationale and theoretical perspectives for subjects in the Humanities and the Social Sciences Learning Area.
  8. Concept teaching and learning.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, discussions, practical workshops, demonstrations, e-learning, school based experiences, collaborative and independent learning.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseExercise50%
AssignmentAssignment 50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Teaching and Learning in Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Unit Code

    HSS2130
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ekaterina THIVEOS

Description

This unit is the introductory curriculum unit of study for students who wish to undertake a major in teaching in the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area at lower secondary and senior school level. The unit examines the theoretical perspectives for understanding the Humanities and Social Sciences learning area. Areas of focus include, conceptual and process outcomes of the learning area, outcomes based teaching and learning, resources, planning for learning, concept building and, teaching and learning skills for the early adolescent and young adulthood phases of development.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SSE2103, SSE2130

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the rationale for the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area within the context of the Australian Curriculum.
  2. Interpret and utilise the syllabus prescriptions in the Humanities and Social Sciences subjects to develop knowledge and understandings, concepts, skills and values that can be taught effectively in the learning area.
  3. Plan and prepare a range and sequence of learning experiences.
  4. Explore various planning formats for a range of learning experiences.
  5. Describe the conceptual and methodological contributions of the disciplines of History, Geography, Economics and Business, and Civics and Citizenship to the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area
  6. Review teaching and learning strategies and processes for developing knowledge and understandings, concept building and skills development.
  7. Review and utilise a range of resource materials.

Unit Content

  1. The provisions in the Australian Curriculum for History, Geography Economics and Business, and Civics and Citizenship, and any adoptions and adaptations by the Western Australian Schools Curriculum and Standards Authority for the purposes of teaching and learning in WA secondary schools.
  2. Teaching and learning skills.
  3. Lesson planning and developing a sequence of learning experiences.
  4. Resources for secondary subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area.
  5. Planning and implementing strategies to achieve and assess appropriate learning outcomes in the Learning Area subjects.
  6. The conceptual and methodological contribution of the subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area.
  7. Definition, rationale and theoretical perspectives for subjects in the Humanities and the Social Sciences Learning Area.
  8. Concept teaching and learning.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, discussions, practical workshops, demonstrations, e-learning, school based experiences, collaborative and independent learning.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseExercise50%
AssignmentAssignment 50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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