Unit Outline

This unit extends students' understanding of teaching and learning in Humanities and Social Sciences in the secondary school years, building on content from EMT540. The unit develops students’ pedagogical content knowledge for teaching the Civics and Citizenship and Business and Economics learning areas within the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences. Further emphasis will be given to the Australian Curriculum Cross-Curriculum Priorities and General Capabilities as well as inquiry-based learning and teaching for conceptual understanding. Students will also learn about ICT for teaching and learning in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Design and evaluate lesson plans and sequences for secondary (years 7-10) that are consistent with the Australian Curriculum: humanities and social sciences
2.	Create multimedia/ICT resource(s) that support secondary students' understanding of concepts from the Australian Curriculum: humanities and social sciences
3.	Reflect on and evaluate the pedagogical and disciplinary knowledge required for teaching the Australian Curriculum: humanities and social sciences in the secondary classroom
4.	Use theoretical and professional literature, and apply academic language and APA referencing conventions to communicate ideas about teaching the Australian Curriculum: humanities and social sciences in secondary school

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	EMT540

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Evaluation of the Australian Curriculum	Week 4	20 %	LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Civics and Citizenship Learning Sequence	Week 8	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:	Economics and Business Learning Sequence	Week 13	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Evaluation of the Australian Curriculum

Task Description:

EMT640 is designed to prepare you for the teaching of Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business within the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (Years 7-10) (version 9).

Explain the distinguishing features of Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business as disciplines within the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (Version 9, Years 7-10).

Describe the aims and purposes of Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business within the Australian Curriculum, drawing on relevant professional and theoretical literature to support your claims.

You are permitted to write from either the first- or third-person perspective. Academic writing (including full sentences and paragraphs), double line spacing, and adherence to APA7 referencing conventions and formatting is also required.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 2.1

Task Length:

500 words

Due Date:

Week 4

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Explain the key features of the curriculum disciplines of Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business within the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (7-10) (25%)	LO4
2	Describe the aims and purposes of Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business within the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (7-10) (25%)	LO4
3	Justify arguments with reference to theoretical and professional literature related to Civics and Citizenship education, Economics and Business education, and Humanities and Social Sciences education (25%)	LO4
4	Communicate ideas through the appropriate use of academic writing conventions (academic language and APA referencing) (25%)	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Civics and Citizenship Learning Sequence

Task Description:

Design a learning sequence (approximately 4 lessons) that aligns with secondary (Years 7-10) Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (Civics and Citizenship) (version 9).

Your learning sequence must include the use of an ICT (digital literacy) resource that you have created for teaching and appropriate links to the General Capabilities and Cross-Curriculum Priorities.

Additionally, you will need to produce a written justification for your pedagogical and content choices. Your rationale must be supported by references to relevant theoretical and professional literature. In the justification, you are permitted to write from either the first- or third-person perspective.

Academic writing (including full sentences and paragraphs), double line spacing, and adherence to APA7 referencing conventions and formatting is also required.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Task Length:

1750 words

Due Date:

Week 8

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Design a lesson plans that align with the Australian Curriculum: HASS (30%)	LO1
2	Create ICT/digital literacy resource(s) to support student learning (20%)	LO2
3	Reflect on and evaluate lesson plans based on the pedagogical and disciplinary content knowledge needed for teaching Australian Curriculum: HASS (30%)	LO3
4	Communicate ideas through the appropriate use of academic writing conventions and justify arguments with reference to theoretical and professional literature (20%)	LO4

Assessment Task 3: Economics and Business Learning Sequence

Task Description:

Design a learning sequence (approximately 4 lessons) that aligns with secondary (Years 7-10) Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics and Business) (version 9).

Your learning sequence must include the use of an ICT (digital literacy) resource that you have created for teaching and appropriate links to the General Capabilities and Cross-Curriculum Priorities.

Additionally, you will need to produce a written justification for your pedagogical and content choices. Your rationale must be supported by references to relevant theoretical and professional literature. In the justification, you are permitted to write from either the first- or third-person perspective.

Academic writing (including full sentences and paragraphs), double line spacing, and adherence to APA7 referencing conventions and formatting is also required.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Task Length:

1750 words

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Design lesson plans that align with the Australian Curriculum: HASS	LO1
2	Create ICT/digital literacy resource(s) to support student learning (20%)	LO2
3	Reflect on and evaluate lesson plans based on the pedagogical and disciplinary content knowledge needed for teaching Australian Curriculum: HASS (30%)	LO3
4	Communicate ideas through the appropriate use of academic writing conventions and justify arguments with reference to theoretical and professional literature (20%)	LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.