Courses & Units
Advanced Humanities and Social Sciences Education EPR360
Introduction
EPR360: Advanced Humanities and Social Sciences [HASS] Education will extend your understanding of disciplinary content and pedagogy beyond that which you learned in the introductory unit, EPR260. The Australian Curriculum learning area of Humanities and Social Sciences requires children from Prep to Year 6 to think about and respond to key historical, geographical, political, economic and societal issues, and how these different factors interrelate.
The focus of this unit is on deepening your understanding around engaging teaching and learning strategies to integrate HASS and to make connections with the Australian Curriculum’s Cross-curriculum Priorities and General Capabilities (notably Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical thinking and behaviour, Personal and Social competence and ICT). If you are planning Prep to Year 2 lessons you can use relevant HASS-related learning outcomes from the Early Years Learning Framework.
Emphasis will be on developing discipline-specific skills, key organising concepts, and active teaching approaches. AT1 focuses especially on Civics and Citizenship education. AT2 has a particular focus upon developing your assessment skills in a HASS context. Both develop key professional skills. Assessment tasks aim to broaden your knowledge of research in HASS education, and to develop your skills of critical thinking. You will also be encouraged to use technologies that will re-imagine how History, Geography and Civics and Citizenship can be taught both in and beyond the classroom.
Summary
Unit name | Advanced Humanities and Social Sciences Education |
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Unit code | EPR360 |
Credit points | 12.5 |
College/School | College of Arts, Law and Education Faculty of Education |
Discipline | Education |
Coordinator | Doctor Peter Brett |
Available as an elective? | No |
Delivered By | University of Tasmania |
Availability
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Launceston | Semester 1 | On-Campus | International | Domestic | |
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | On-Campus | International | Domestic | |
Online | Semester 1 | Off-Campus | International | Domestic |
Key
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
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Key Dates
Study Period | Start date | Census date | WW date | End date |
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Semester 1 | 26/2/2024 | 22/3/2024 | 15/4/2024 | 2/6/2024 |
* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).
Unit census dates currently displaying for 2024 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2024 will be available from the 1st October 2023. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).
Learning Outcomes
- integrate HASS content, concepts, and skills with cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities for teaching, learning and assessment
- critically evaluate a range of HASS topics, skills and pedagogical approaches, including the work of peers
- reflect upon working collaboratively with peers and demonstrate adaption of planning and thinking in the light of on-line involvement and feedback
- plan an assessment instrument that integrates HASS knowledge and skills with cross-curricular elements
- communicate with parents/carers, learners and academic audiences using professional and academic writing conventions and technologies.
Fee Information
Field of Education | Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 | Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 | Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 | Domestic Full Fee 4 |
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070103 | $555.00 | $555.00 | not applicable | $2,324.00 |
1 Please refer to more information on student contribution amounts.
2 Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
3 Please refer to more information on eligibility for HECS-HELP.
4 Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.
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Requisites
Concurrent Prerequisites
EPR260 or ESH260Teaching
Teaching Pattern | You will all engage with the unit through weekly lecture content, readings, assessment-linked tasks, webinars, MYLO contributions, and through the completion of assignment work. You are expected to timetable 10 hours of study time per week, realising that this includes time spent reading or viewing resources provided to you, searching for additional information/resources necessary for the completion of assessment tasks and other activities, and participating in weekly tasks and webinar tutorials or assessment-focused briefings. Your navigation around the various learning resources in MYLO should be fairly self-explanatory. I have included plenty of video material – often seeing is believing in terms of teaching practice! I hope that you both enjoy this unit and that you find it professionally valuable.
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Assessment | Assessing integrated HASS learning (50%)|HASS vision for parents foregrounding active citizenship (50%) |
Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
Required |
You will need the following text: Your Unit Co-ordinator authored four of the chapters in this text as well as being an editor! Louise Zarmati and I are very conscious of the cost of textbooks and recommend the same core text for EPR260 and EPR360. You can secure a 10% discount through using the offer code shared in MyLO. You also have the option of buying an e-book version rather than a hardcopy. Earlier editions of the text can also be helpful but become progressively further distanced from Australian Curriculum updates and recent academic references. My lectures will reference material in the 8th edition of this text (unfortunately due to be published in mid 2024 after this unit finishes). Required readings - ECE students |
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Recommended | Recommended Readings are set by the Unit Coordinator as readings that will be useful for this Unit to develop your knowledge and understanding of teaching and course-specific content. If you are seeking sources of evidence to support your assessment work, you will find these readings a useful starting point. There is no requirement to buy these texts/materials. Buchanan, J. (2013), History, Geography and Civics: Teaching and learning in the primary years. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
Other Recommended Readings – ECE students | Links | Booktopia textbook finder |
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