Primary Humanities and Social Sciences Education
PostgraduateTAS-EMT5932025
Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Price from
- $2,440
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Primary Humanities and Social Sciences Education
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Design effective teaching and learning activities for primary students (F-6) that are consistent with the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Create learning resources, which may include ICT resources, which support primary students’ understanding of content and skills from the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Evaluate teaching resources and learning sequences based on an understanding of age- and subject-appropriate pedagogies.
- Incorporate theoretical and professional literature to communicate ideas about teaching the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences in the primary school.
- Overview, Introduction to HASS
- History, Historical Concepts and Historical Inquiry
- Understanding and Using Primary Sources
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
- Geography, Geographical Concepts and Geographical Inquiry
- Geography Fieldwork
- Sustainability
- Inquiry in Civics and Citizenship
- Active Citizenship and Controversial Issues
- Asia and Australia's Engagement with Asia
This subject is designed to provide students with an understanding of the subject disciplines, History and Geography, in the primary school. Students will learn about key aspects of historical and geographical knowledge and understanding and skills and how such knowledge can be transformed into classroom practice. Emphasis will be given to learning about and applying Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) skills and to developing understanding of the importance of fieldwork in History and Geography. There will be a brief examination of two of the Australian Curriculum Cross-Curriculum perspectives, Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders' histories and cultures. Students will gain an understanding of how to adapt existing curriculum documents to specific teaching contexts. Students will design teaching and learning activities and experience a variety of teacher- and student-centred teaching and learning strategies, and the development of shared resources for History and Geography teaching. Students will improve their research skills and knowledge of available teaching and learning resources, and evaluate their age appropriateness for the classroom.
- Planning for Primary History (40%)
- Planning for Primary Geography (40%)
- Understanding the Curriculum (20%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-EDC-MAS-2025 - Master of Teaching (Primary)
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateTAS-EDC-MAS