EHI702 - Teaching History: Senior Years
| Year: | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in D303, E377, E763, E765, E779 |
| Prerequisite: | D303 students must have passed 24 credit points of study at levels 1, 2 & 3 with a minimum WAM of 60% E377, D303, E779 students must have passed EHU701 or EHI701 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ECS772 |
| Study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2-hour on campus seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
| In-person attendance requirements: | Students who are completing professional experience (placements) are not required to attend lectures or scheduled synchronous sessions during their professional experience (placement). For the most up-to-date advice regarding your professional experience (placement) please see here. |
Content
The History Curriculum Inquiry Senior Years unit prepares pre-service teachers for teaching year 11 and 12 modern and ancient history units in their state context. It is framed by two inquiries: one focuses on curriculum planning at the unit level and the other involves planning a sequence of learning at the lesson level. Assessment task 1 develops skills in navigating senior secondary History curriculum documents and demonstrating knowledge of the concepts, substance and structure of content and assessment by backwards designing a year 12 unit. Evaluating the strengths and limitations of using GenAI as a tool for curriculum planning will be part of this inquiry. Assessment task 2 builds on the understanding of backwards design developed in the first task by focusing on developing a sequence of learning that connects to a summative assessment task in a year 11 unit. Both tasks will explore the substantive and procedural knowledges specific to the discipline of history, including historical thinking. Pre-service teachers will identify and plan their professional learning needs in relation to senior secondary history. The unit also grapples with some big questions around historical consciousness and approaches to teaching history that are relevant and responsive to issues in the contemporary world. This includes critically reflecting on how we are positioned by our own historical consciousness and settler colonialism in Australia and exploring strategies for decolonising the teaching of national and transnational histories.
Unit fee information
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