| Semester 3, 2021 Online | |
| Short Description: | Humanities & Arts C&P |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Education |
| Student contribution band : | Band 1 |
| ASCED code : | 070105 - Teacher Education: Secondary |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: EDS4402 or EDS4403 or EDS4404 or EDS4405 or EDS4406 or EDS4407 or EDS4408 or EDS4410 or EDS4411 or ITD3200
Rationale
Teacher professional accreditation demands that secondary teaching graduates have a strong professional knowledge of discipline-specific curriculum and pedagogical studies within their chosen teaching areas. This course examines advanced pedagogical approaches within the broad cluster of Humanities and the Arts type disciplines. The content and skills in this course builds upon and extends the curriculum and pedagogy that was undertaken in the Teaching Area Specific Curriculum & Pedagogy Course taken in an earlier semester. This course enables preservice teachers to develop advanced pedagogies relevant to teaching areas within the humanities and arts through concentrated attention on the dispositions of your teaching area.
Synopsis
The course extends upon the earlier Curriculum and Pedagogy course and explores skills, knowledge and processes that are shared amongst the Humanities and Arts disciplines. So often in practice, secondary teachers are required to teach beyond their two specific teaching areas that they learnt during their initial teacher education degree. This course specifically aims to increase preservice teachers' ability to teach beyond these areas by extending pedagogy and pedagogical content knowledge to other teaching areas within a broad cluster of Humanities and Arts. You will develop an understanding and appreciation of the complexity and interrelatedness of the cluster of Humanity and Arts disciplines and begin to see potential for designing learning experiences that broaden perspectives. There will also be opportunities in this course to extend your focus on discipline specific practices when you break into smaller groups that are discipline specific.
Objectives
On successful completion of this course preservice teachers should be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of curriculum concepts, substance and structure, and how to organise content selection for effective teaching and learning, and understanding of a wide range of teaching strategies within the broad Humanities and Arts cluster of teaching areas (Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 2.1, 2.2);
- apply credible research to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how learners learn and the implication for teaching with specific focus on teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds within the broad Humanities and Arts cluster of teaching areas (APST 1.2, 1.3);
- demonstrate knowledge and skills specific to curriculum and pedagogical theories and practices, and appropriate assessment reporting practices within the broad Humanities and Arts cluster of teaching areas and use this knowledge to design learning sequences and lesson plans (APST 2.1, 2.3);
- create innovative learning experiences and set learning goals that incorporate a range of resources including ICT that challenge and engage a diverse range of students (of varying abilities and characteristics) in their learning within the broad Humanities and Arts cluster of teaching areas (APST 3.1, 3.4);
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the relevant legislative, administrative and organisational policies and processes and strategies related to the successful integration of general capabilities and cross-curricula priorities of the Australian Curriculum within the broad Humanities and Arts cluster of teaching areas (APST 7.2);
- engage a broad range of strategies to work effectively, sensitively and confidentially with parents/carers, and involve them in the educative process, demonstrate understanding of the role of colleagues, professional teaching networks and broader communities to enhance teachers’ knowledge and practices in ways that improve student learning within the broad Humanities and Arts cluster of teaching areas (APST 3.7, 7.3, 7.4);
- demonstrate advanced cognitive, literacy and communication skills, including spelling, grammar, punctuation and bibliographic referencing.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
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| 1. | Contemporary theory and practice related to Humanities and Arts teaching and learning | 20.00 |
| 2. | Plan for effective teaching and learning | 20.00 |
| 3. | Advanced and innovative pedagogical approaches related to the broad Humanities and Arts cluster of teaching areas | 20.00 |
| 4. | Humanities and Arts and general capabilities and cross-curricula priorities of the Australian curriculum | 20.00 |
| 5. | Engage in professional learning and engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community in relation to Humanities and Arts | 20.00 |
Text and Materials
ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2021&sem=03&subject1=EDM8009)
Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)
Reference Materials
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Student Workload Expectations
| Activity | Hours |
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| Directed Study | 80.00 |
| Independent Study | 85.00 |
Assessment Details
| Description | Marks out of | Wtg (%) | Due Date | Objectives Assessed | Notes |
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| ASSIGNMENT 1 | 50 | 50 | 17 Dec 2021 | 2,4,5,7 | (see note 1) |
| ASSIGNMENT 2 | 50 | 50 | 25 Jan 2022 | 1,2,3,4,6,7 | (see note 2) |
Notes
- Unit Plan - Learning area's specific
- Inquiry Task - Commemoration and place
Important assessment information
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Attendance requirements:
There are no attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students’ responsibility to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. -
Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item. -
Penalties for late submission of required work:
Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4) -
Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course. -
Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative items for the course. -
Examination information:
There is no examination in this course. -
Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
Deferred and Supplementary examinations will be held in accordance with the Assessment Procedure . -
University Student Policies:
Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene University policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
Assessment Notes
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Referencing in assignments must comply with the APA referencing system. This system should be used by students to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The APA style to be used is defined by the USQ library's referencing guide. This guide can be found at .
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Students are required to demonstrate competence in and appropriate use of academic language and literacy, including spelling, grammar, punctuation, and referencing in all assessment responses. Marks allocated to the aforementioned criteria will be specified in the criteria for assessment of all assessment items.
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Students are required to submit ALL assignments to evidence meeting or exceeding the mandatory requirements of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APSTs).
Evaluation and Benchmarking
In meeting the University’s aims to establish quality learning and teaching for all programs, this course monitors and ensures quality assurance and improvements in at least two ways. This course:
1. conforms to the USQ Policy on Evaluation of Teaching, Courses and Programs to ensure ongoing monitoring and systematic improvement.
2. forms part of the Master of Learning and Teaching and is benchmarked against the
• internal USQ accreditation/reaccreditation processes which include (i) stringent standards in the independent accreditation of its academic programs, (ii) close integration between business and academic planning, and (iii) regular and rigorous review.
• professional accreditation standards of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST), Queensland College of Teachers (QCT) and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).
Other Requirements
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Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at .