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EDUC2627 Humanities and Social Sciences 1 Semester 2 2024 Exam Revision Lecture 13 Nadia Hunt  I wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we are meeting on, the Whadjuk Noongar people. I wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they ma...

EDUC2627 Humanities and Social Sciences 1 Semester 2 2024 Exam Revision Lecture 13 Nadia Hunt  I wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we are meeting on, the Whadjuk Noongar people. I wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and region. Some inspiration Lecture Overview Exam structure Content and areas to study: Geography Civics and citizenship Human rights Inquiry learning Asian literacy  THREE ESSAYS Exam Structure You have a choice of five questions you must choose three You may use diagrams to assist in your explanations Refer to your readings, tutorial and lecture notes wherever possible Closed Book Face to Face Exam ▪ You are not permitted to use the textbook, workshop notes and readings to inform your responses ▪ No in-text referencing is required Areas to Study Geography Area to Study What is Geography? Geography Concepts Geography Topics Geography Units What does Geography look like in the primary classroom?  Geography Knowledge and Understanding Designed to introduce students to geography, developing an appreciation and understanding of the world around them. (Gilbert & Hoepper, 2014, p. 253). Geographical Inquiry and Skills Geographical inquiry is a process by which students learn and deepen their understanding. Geographical skills are the techniques that geographers use in their investigations undertaken during fieldwork and in classrooms. (ACARA, 2020). CONCEPT S Significance of location, spatial Space distribution, ways people organise and manage the spaces that we live in. Significance of places and what they are like including location, Place shape, opportunities, security and culture. Significance of the environment Environ in human life and the important ment interrelationships between humans and the environment. Year Topic Level F People live in places 1 Places have distinctive features 2 People are connected to many places 3 Places are both similar and different TOPICS 4 The earth’s environment sustains all life 5 Factors that shape the environmental characteristics of places 6 A diverse and connected world What does Geography look like in the classroom? Mapping - AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia Literature Resources Photographs Contexts Consider the resources discussed in both the lecture and tutorial Civics and Citizenship Areas to study ▪ Definition of Civics & Citizenship ▪ Aims of Civics & Citizenship ▪ Global Citizenship  Civics Citizenship Defining Civics Citizenship Civics and the knowledge and understanding of education is learning about legal rights Citizenship civic institutions and processes, and and responsibilities, including the but also about understanding of key notions of social concepts relating to citizenship, tackling processes in Australian the big issues of Democracy, equity and human government, law, rights in the state. national identity, diversity, cohesion and social justice (Ruth Reynolds 2000, p77 Ruth Reynolds(2000) p 75  Aims of Civics and Citizenship To explain how the legal system protect our legal rights To encourage students to understand the importance of living in a democracy and their responsibilities. To teach students how citizens choose their government To allow students to understand our system of government To enable students to become active and informed Citizens  Why do we need civics education?(Grossman, Lee & Kennedy 2008) New geo-political contexts A deficit in civic knowledge Civic Realities Civic megatrends Sustainable Development Goals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4FA iI2mdaI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_hL uEui6ww Human Rights How can we create active and informed citizens who have a social conscious and a sound understanding of human rights?  In simple terms, human rights are those rights that enable all people to What is live fully ‘human’ lives. human As the title indicates, human rights are rights considered ‘universal’ with all people education? entitled to them regardless of race, culture or religion. Examples of rights and freedoms include: to an the right to to freedom to the right to adequate life and of to work education vote standard of liberty expression living  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948 Human rights issues arise when there are, or seem to be, abuses of people’s rights and/or violations of the articles of the UDHR (Gilbert & Hoepper 2014,p. 421)  Upper Primary www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjAa3IGnZMM www.youtube.com/watch?v=utpAxEf30ec LINKS ECE www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_2nA49p3yw www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1BFLitBkco  Children’s Human Rights Children as well as adults have human rights. Children also have the right to special protection because of their vulnerability to exploitation and abuse. The main international human rights treaty on children’s rights is the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The CRC is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in http://www.unicef.org.au/our-work/informatio the world. Australia ratified the CRC n-for-children.htm in December 1990, which means that Australia has a duty to ensure that all children in Australia enjoy the rights set out in the treaty.  What is Social Justice? Conceptually, ‘social justice’ is an ideal in which people’s basic needs are met, where they have equal rights to pursue opportunities and to access services, in which they are accorded equality and dignity, in which they are free from abuse and discrimination and in which they can participate freely and equally in democratic political processes.  Human The Australian Curriculum signals the importance of the curriculum in developing Rights in the citizens. The Civics and Citizenship Curriculum curriculum helps to build students’ knowledge and understanding of the ways in which citizens, as individuals and groups, can actively participate in Australia’s diverse and dynamic society. It recognises that Australia is a secular nation with a multicultural and multi-faith society, and promotes the development of inclusive attitudes and beliefs by developing students’ understanding of broader values such as respect, civility, equity, justice and responsibility’ (ACARA)  Teaching global concerns Global Education Four key elements of the powerful participation and global powerless education critical awareness  Inquiry Learning What are the different types of inquiry based learning? What are the benefits and characteristics? How does it cater for the differentiated classroom?  What is Inquiry Learning? ▪ Dynamic ▪ Individuals constructing their own knowledge and understanding about the world in which we live ▪ Involves questioning, working together to find solutions, making discoveries and testing these discoveries ▪ Study into a worthy question, issue, problem or idea ▪ Authentic, requires serious engagement and investigation  Sees the student as a capable curious PARTNER in What is an learning They FIND the light in the students inquiry teacher? ASK more than they TELL They know how to scaffold Know their curriculum so well they can adapt it to their student's interests Very strong repertoire of strategies and approaches Don’t use worksheets They are prepared to share the journey Alongside the student They listen they observe, and they respond  Characteristics of Inquiry Approaches ▪ Children are encouraged to inquire into real-world matters- the learner has an active role ▪ Students use multiple sources of relevant evidence ▪ Students are confronted with situations and dilemmas that need to be resolved ▪ Teacher plans scaffolding so students can progress on their own ▪ All are actively engaged in formulating questions, and addressing complex issues and resolving problems ▪ Strong emphasis on collaboration (student/student, student/teacher) Problem Based Learning ▪ Uses real life problems as focal points for learning. It is argued that by dealing with real-life problems learners will really learn how to learn. ▪ The problem is the starting point ▪ The problem is usually a real- world problem that appears unstructured and may require several sources of knowledge ▪ Students assume major responsibility ▪ The learning is collaborative  Project Based Inquiry In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. Rigorous projects help students learn key academic content and practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, It involves students communication & critical identifying and choosing a thinking). ( research topic relevant to http://www.bie.org/) their daily lives http://www.yo utube.com/w atch?v=lwCm CJ8OhWY  Asian Literacy ▪Why include Asian literacy in your Society and Environment Program? ▪ Ensure you have visited the Asia Education Foundation website. This will provide you with many practical examples to assist in answering this question. ▪ Be very specific in your answer. ▪ Ensure you have many practical ideas for incorporating it into a classroom  Definition of Asia Literacy ▪ Asia literacy is about students engaging with Asia in the classroom to gain knowledge, understandings and skills needed for communication and participation as global citizens within our region ▪ Asia literacy equips young Australians to make sense of their world. It is a core part of a future-focused Australian Curriculum for the 21st century  Why is Asia a priority? Within 10 years, the region will have three of the four economies in the world. A generational shift of financial might is occurring form the west to the east Statement of the Business Alliance for Asia literacy  Why Asia? Asia has a rich and diverse cultural heritage and includes many of the worlds important ideas, belief systems and achievements Globalization Increasing interaction with the people of Asia Biggest economy in the world  More reasons… Migration Trade and business Development of Australian culture and identity International understanding Ensure you PLAN your question BEFORE you start writing Plan to spend 40 minutes on each question i.e. 10 A Few Tips minutes planning the question and 30 minutes writing the answer Wherever you can give a CLASSROOM application in your answer Some questions have more than one part. Answer ALL parts ESSAY FORMAT not SHORT ANSWER