EDF5143 Humanities: History in secondary years A
Faculty of Education
EDF5143 Humanities: History in secondary years A is a level 5, 6-credit-point, undergraduate and postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites and unlocks 1 unit.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF5143
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After EDF5143
1 unit list EDF5143 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisites
- Enrolment in D3001 BEd(Hons), D3002 to D3007 BEd(Hons)(Secondary doubles), D6001 MTeach
- Minor in history
Overview
This unit introduces you to the teaching and learning of history as either a stand-alone discipline or an identifiable and rigorous component of an integrated program in either Australian or overseas schools or wider educational settings. Successful completion of this unit will enable you to demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills, as well as dispositions relevant to different history education settings. The unit is practice-based, research-informed and resource-rich. It embraces diverse histories, models of historical literacy and thinking, pedagogies and technologies, and prepares you, as a pre-service teacher, to tailor history education experiences to meet your learners' different learning, career, leisure and life needs.
The unit explores your personal philosophies as well as the latest national and international research on why students should learn about the past. It aligns itself with Australian and Victorian Curriculum cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities. It explores diverse socio-cultural and environmental curriculum perspectives, civics and citizenship education and values education imperatives, strategies for engaging and purposeful lesson-planning and delivery, 'teaching by the textbook and the website', teacher-directed as well as student-centered questioning, English language proficiency including assisting students for whom English is an additional language, preparations for school placement, introductions to inquiry methodology, and other learning and teaching approaches common to history education.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus, block |
Assessment
- Learning sequence (2000 words or equivalent)50%
- History and media presentation (2000 words or equivalent)50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
begin to develop your learners' study, career, leisure and life skills through the knowledge, skills, values, attitudes and behaviours associated specifically with the study of history
- 2
begin to locate, create, use and evaluate history education resources in diverse forms incorporating diverse perspectives and inclusive approaches
- 3
begin to articulate the research underpinnings of models of historical literacy and thinking, and other pedagogical approaches common to history education, such as inquiry methodology, and enact effectively such models and approaches in diverse learning settings
- 4
begin to cater to learners' different needs through inclusive strategies and engaging and diverse teaching, learning and assessment activities
- 5
begin to develop learners' abilities to demonstrate problem-solving capabilities in a variety of ways including creatively, collaboratively and with competence in information and communication technologies (ICTs)
- 6
begin to facilitate learners' identification of continuities and changes, and similarities and differences between the experiences of peoples in the past and the present ,and between the experiences of peoples in different locations
- 7
begin to develop learners' empathy, values, attitudes and behaviours consistent with informed and positive local and global citizenship for a more equitable and sustainable world.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials16 hours
- Lectures8 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study.
Usually, you can expect to engage with:
• 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and
• the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study
*Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements.
Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Stephanie Wescott
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Stephanie Wescott
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5143?
EDF5143 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
What can I take after EDF5143?
EDF5143 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 1 unit, including EDF5144.
When is EDF5143 offered?
In 2025, EDF5143 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF5143?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5143 have an exam?
No. EDF5143 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.