埃迪斯科文大学

This course provides the opportunity for those with a passion in a particular subject specialisation and the desire to work with young people, to become secondary teachers.

Students study their preferred areas of specialisation, in addition to a suite of core education units that address key educational needs of young people. Graduates of this course will have the flexibility to take up employment in both private and government secondary schools. A central feature of this course is the range of professional practice experiences Pre-Service Teachers undertake throughout their training. This provides valuable and diverse employability skills and enables them to connect theory to practice.

Humanities and Social Sciences Education Major

Focuses on teaching processes, content and skills that will equip students to teach social science subjects.

Students aiming to fill specialist social sciences teaching roles in senior secondary (Years 11 and 12) can elect to specialize in Ancient and Modern History, Politics or Economics. Emphasis is given to inquiry-based practical work, demonstrations, independent and co-operative group learning, whole class discussions, and use of information communication technology to ensure effective teaching and learning practices in secondary Humanities and Social Sciences. Units in this program address key social science understandings and provide the content knowledge, skills and values needed to address the demands and opportunities of Humanities and Social Sciences in secondary schools.

Learning Outcomes

• Adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts to create positive learning environments in social science.
• Communicate knowledge and ideas clearly in both written and oral formats.
• Critically reflect using accredited standards, mentor feedback and the ECA Code of Ethics to demonstrate responsibility and accountability and plan for continued collaborative and autonomous professional learning and development.
• Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge of social science and the Australian curriculum and teaching strategies for social science teaching in secondary education.
• Demonstrate leadership, exercise professional judgement and collaborate to plan, problem solve and make decisions in social science.
• Exercise critical thinking and judgement to plan and implement social science programs for a range of students with diverse abilities and needs, and assess the outcomes.
• Review analyze and synthesize knowledge of teaching strategies to plan for the content of social science teaching.

Structure

Students are required to complete 10 Content units and 2 Curriculum units. Content units educate students in the subject area and Curriculum units explain how to teach the subject area to others.

Employment Opportunities

Graduates will be eligible to seek employment in both government and non-government secondary schools teaching Humanities and Social Sciences.

Possible future job titles

Secondary Social Science Teacher