EDUC4824 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum Specialisation: Senior Years 1

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Overview

This topic develops preservice teachers’ (PSTs) knowledge, understanding and practice in a Senior schooling teaching area. Specifically, it provides opportunity for PSTs to apply their understanding of Secondary schooling contexts to learning design, focusing on Senior school curriculum frameworks, pedagogy and assessment. Additionally, the topic develops PSTs capacity to use … For more content click the Read More button below.

This topic develops preservice teachers’ (PSTs) knowledge, understanding and practice in a Senior schooling teaching area. Specifically, it provides opportunity for PSTs to apply their understanding of Secondary schooling contexts to learning design, focusing on Senior school curriculum frameworks, pedagogy and assessment. Additionally, the topic develops PSTs capacity to use data to evaluate student learning, utilise a range of reporting strategies and to use assessment moderation to support judgements of student learning.

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Aims

This topic aims to:

Develop preservice teachers’ knowledge of the concepts, substance, structure and teaching strategies in a Senior Years teaching area
Provide preservice teachers with opportunities to apply learning design to Secondary schooling contexts
Extend preservice teachers’ understanding of learning design processes, including curriculum, pedagogical strategies and assessment
Support preservice teachers in developing effective strategies for data evaluation, reporting and moderation
Cultivate opportunities for preservice teachers to develop a rationale for their ongoing professional learning engagement

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

Synthesise their understanding of Secondary Schooling contexts in relation to learning design processes

Apply deep knowledge of the concepts, substance, structure and teaching strategies in a teaching area to learning design processes

Organise teaching area content into an effective learning and teaching sequence

Evaluate a range of strategies, including moderation to support student learning

Analyse data to inform learning design and use a range of reporting strategies

Engage in practices that demonstrate commitment to life-long professional learning

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Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum Specialisation: Senior Years 1

EDUC4824