Learning Area Humanities (Additional) 1

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

170 hours

Teacher Candidates must meet the minimum academic study requirements for teaching in specialist areas, in accordance with the Victorian Institute of Teaching's Specialist Area Guidelines, for entry into this subject.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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Humanities Additional extends professional perspectives exploring policy and research both in and beyond classroom practice.

This subject has an emphasis on learning, teaching, and curriculum issues and their contextual influences in Humanities. Practice in the humanities classroom which highlights critical reflection, inquiry and personalised learning, will be explored.

On completion of this subject teacher candidates will be able:

• To design learning which explores the capacity of Humanities to address cultural diversity, individual differences and nurture active citizenship in all students and mandated curriculum frameworks.
• To understand the concepts and skills embedded within the disciplines in Humanities
• To foster understanding of key educational documents and issues relating to Humanities and its place in the school curriculum
• To provide students with opportunities to explore the wider issues concerning the teaching of Humanities at secondary level.
• Critique recent developments in Humanities education and their impact upon curriculum development and teaching approaches.
• To use a range of strategies to teach literacy and numeracy through Humanities

The subject covers a range of the National Professional Standards for Teachers (for Graduate Teachers). In particular, the subject will contribute to students attaining the following standards:

2.1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area.
2.2 Organise content into an effective learning and teaching sequence.
3.2 Plan lesson sequences using knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies.
3.3 Include a range of teaching strategies

There are 3 assessment tasks:

• Micro teaching (800 words equivalent) due as individually scheduled in workshops (20%)
• Design of a Classroom resource for student centred learning (1200 words) due mid semester (30%)
• Negotiated Study (2000 words) due end of semester (50%total commitment.

Attendance at all classes (tutorial/seminars/practical classes/lectures/labs) is obligatory. Failure to attend 80% of classes will normally result in failure in the subject.

Taylor, T., Fahey, C., Kriewaldt, J. & Boon. D. (2012) Time and Place: teaching history and geography, Pearson, Brisbane.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of this subject, teacher candidates will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to:

• Be highly-skilled teachers who demonstrate the professional capabilities to meet the individual needs of diverse learners using interventionist practice.
• Understand the significance of developing their practice on the basis of research evidence;
• Use evidence to make sound clinical judgments about the nature and implementation of teaching interventions.
• Demonstrate sound discipline knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge.
• Work in teams with skills in cooperation, communication and negotiation;
• Have a conscious personal and social values base.