Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: Humanities and Social Sciences

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. establish critical and reflective practice in Lower Secondary Humanities and Social Sciences based on local, national and international theory, research and practice
  2. appraise a range of resources, including technologies, and make appropriate selections, including those which support and enhance the development of general capabilities and literacy and numeracy, to inform Lower Secondary Humanities and Social Sciences teaching programs
  3. apply high-level discipline knowledge, principles and concepts to plan and develop inclusive and integrated teaching and learning strategies and experiences to enhance learning for a diversity of learners in Lower Secondary Humanities and Social Sciences
  4. apply high-level discipline knowledge, principles and concepts to plan and develop assessments that support differentiated learning; and inform further teaching plans in Lower Secondary Humanities and Social Sciences

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Curtin University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• CUR-EDS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary Education)
• CUR-SEC-MAS-2025 - Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative; access to video creation and editing software.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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