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TEACH312-23A (TGA)
Social Sciences and Sustainability Education
15 Points
Staff
Convenor(s)
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Chris Eames
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TL.4.01
chris.eames@waikato.ac.nz
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Lecturer(s)
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Bruce Farthing
NON.0.CC01
bruce.farthing@waikato.ac.nz
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What this paper is about
This paper has been designed to align social sciences and sustainability education as an innovative and active experience that supports your developing curriculum learning and pedagogical practice.
The paper's pedagogy includes a range of experiences that invite critical reflection on the purpose of social sciences and sustainability education and ways The New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007), Te Marautanga o Aotearoa (Ministry of Education, 2008), and the new Social Sciences Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2022) organise and shape these in the Primary schooling curriculum. You will identify and develop conceptual and pedagogical understandings in relation to sociocultural approaches to contexts including Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Aotearoa New Zealand histories,issues-based learning, sustainability, and the natural environment. You will learn how to apply skills processes such as inquiry, values exploration, perspectives thinking, social action and decision-making. You will explore ways to support learners to think critically about what it means to be a citizen for a sustainable world.
The paper's sequence of contexts, activities and assignments is designed to build your interest and confidence as a teacher about how and why social sciences and sustainability inquiry can be meaningfully activated in classrooms and environmental settings.
How this paper will be taught
This paper is taught through a range of approaches including lectures, practical tutorials, field trips, experiential learning, seminars, online administration and resource support, readings review, and guidance for assignment work. Refer to the Outline's Schedule below for lectures, tutorials, and field trip timetabling.
Professional requirements
On graduation from an Initial Teacher Education Programme the provider must attest to The Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
| Matatū Aotearoa that the graduand:
1. is of good character;
2. is fit to be a teacher; and
3. has met the Standards for the teaching profession.
A student who has not met these criteria based on evidence collected during their programme cannot graduate from their teacher education programme.
Indicators that a person is of good character and fit to teach include: regular and punctual attendance and positive contribution in class; the ability to relate to peers, children, teachers and university staff appropriately; and the ability to plan for a safe high quality teaching and learning environment. At the completion of each paper the lecturer is asked to attest to the Programme Leader or Academic Coordinator that individuals have displayed the attributes required of an effective teacher. These expectations are outlined in:
ꞏThe Graduating Teacher Standards at https://teachingcouncil.nz/content/graduatingteacherstandards, and
ꞏOur Code Our Standards: Code of Professional Responsibility and Standards for the Teaching Profession, at
https://teachingcouncil.nz/content/ourcodeourstandards
Required Readings
We will be using chapters from this text:
Harcourt, M., Milligan, A., and B. Wood, (2016). Teaching social studies for critical active citizenship in Aotearoa New Zealand. NZCER Press.
Note: This text is available in hard copy from Campus Books for $39, or as an e-book for loan from the University Library, or to buy for $10 from mebooks.co.nz. We recommend that you are able to access it throughout the paper.
We will asking you to read other material which will be made available on the Reading List as needed.
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:
Assessments
How you will be assessed
Three assignments have been developed for participants to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the nature of, and concepts within, social sciences and sustainability education;
- Demonstrate understanding of pedagogical strategies to help primary learners engage in critical and experiential inquiry in Aotearoa New Zealand schools;
- Explore issues and contexts and demonstrate how these impact people's social decision-making and social action;
- Demonstrate understanding of how teaching and learning in social sciences and sustainability can prepare learners to work towards a peaceful, just and healthy world.
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam.