Unit details
ECS772 - Humanities, Societies and Environments: Curriculum Study B
| Offered at: | (B, X) |
|---|---|
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Offerings: | Trimester 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | (For students enrolled in course E760 only) |
| Unit chair: | R Buchanek |
| Prerequisite: | ECS771 |
| Incompatible with: | ECS272, ECS472, ELE409 |
| Contact hours: | 3 hours per week or equivalent |
Content
This unit is designed to equip students to effectively and competently teach social education studies at the VCE level/post compulsory level. the main VCE studies are History (7 fields), Geography, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy and International Politics. This unit will examine the structure of VCE/post compulsory studies through a focus on the content and approaches outlines in each of the studies. The areas covered include teaching at post compulsory level, teaching strategies, assessment practices and requirements and regulations of teaching at VCE level. It will also include information on curriculum planning and the uses of various information technologies appropriate for teaching VCE in this field. Students will be expected to design teaching to embed higher order skills of critical thinking, problem solving, evaluation, synthesis and understanding specific discipline based skills and pedagogies. Students are expected to work with assessment tasks, SACs and back mapping to show competencies in assessment.
Assessment
Task 1 50% Teaching and Learning Assignment - students develop a plan to teach at VCE Units 1,2.
Task 2 50% VCE Exam Teaching Report - student back map from an exam to teaching pedagogies.
Prescribed texts
VCAA, VCE Study Design -History, Geography, International Politics, Sociology, Philosophy, current edition, East Melbourne: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
Unit Fee Information
| Student Contribution Rate* | Student Contribution Rate** | Student Contribution Rate*** | Fee rate - Domestic Students | Fee rate - International students |
| $706 | $565 | $565 | $1872 | $2394 |
* Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2010
** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2009
*** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2008
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.
