EDF5144 History education in the secondary years B
Faculty of Education
EDF5144 History education in the secondary years B is a level 5, 6-credit-point, undergraduate and postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2021 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF5144
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After EDF5144
No unit lists EDF5144 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite
Enrolment in D3001 BEd(Hons), D3002 to D3007 BEd(Hons)(Secondary doubles), D6001 MTeach
Overview
This unit builds on EDF5143 (History education in the secondary years A) and continues to develop your understandings and skills with regard to the teaching and learning of history as either a stand-alone discipline or an identifiable and rigorous component of integrated programs in Australian or overseas schools or wider educational settings. Successful completion of this unit enables you to demonstrate advanced knowledge, skills and capabilities in history education. The unit continues to be practice-based, research-informed and resource-rich. It embraces diverse histories, perspectives, pedagogies and technologies, and prepares you to tailor history education experiences to meet your students' different learning, career, leisure and life needs. It explores advanced teaching, learning and assessment strategies with emphases on 'viewing', 'listening to' and 'visiting' primary sources of the past. It engages with relevant professions and communities, especially leading history education resource providers at state/territory, national and international levels. It encourages effective inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia, and sustainability imperatives, and identifies connections between religious studies and history education. It develops the suite of skills associated with unit planning and delivery at all secondary year levels, and examines the requirements of various history curricula in Australia. It concludes by offering strategies for securing employment as a history/humanities school teacher or educator in non-school history education settings that advocate and work for high quality history education experiences and respond effectively to curriculum priorities or history education developments as they arise.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Resource guide (2000 words or equivalent)50%
- Unit outline (2000 words or equivalent)50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
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
locate, create, use and evaluate history education resources in diverse forms incorporating diverse perspectives and inclusive approaches
- 3
articulate the research underpinnings of pedagogical models common to history education and enact effectively such models in diverse learning settings
- 4
cater to learners' different needs through inclusive strategies and engaging and diverse teaching, learning and assessment activities
- 5
develop learners' abilities to demonstrate problem-solving capabilities in a variety of ways, including creatively, collaboratively and with competence in information and communication technologies
- 6
facilitate learners' identification of links, similarities and differences between the past and the present and between the experiences of different cultures in different locations
- 7
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
- Teaching approachActive learning
You can expect to undertake a minimum total workload of 144 hours per teaching period which may include:
- on average 24 contact hours of scheduled activities which may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement; and
- 120 hours of self-directed/independent study to make up the minimum required hours
For the unit teaching schedule, please visit the timetable.
Diverse and Practical Teaching and Learning Strategies
The Modelling of Inquiry Methodology
Rather than providing a series of topics, readings, links, questions and activities that you must consult in advance of a scheduled class History (B) models 'inquiry methodology'. In short, this means (as in Semester One) that you will usually be asked to form your views or tentative hypotheses on a teaching and learning approach or issue (and often 'experience' the approach) before being offered others' research or experiences with which to compare yours.
Inquiry methodology is widely considered best practice, at least as an introduction to a topic , in the learning and teaching of History, providing a meaningful, engaging and efficient education experience for teachers as well as learners. It is also the preferred pedagogy of the Australian Curriculum as well as Victorian Curriculum for the years F-10.
Innovative yet wholly purposeful approaches to History education are hallmarks of this unit.
As a consequence of the above learning and teaching approach, the weekly readings will not be made visible on Moodle or conveyed to you in detail until during or after both of any week's classes.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Rosalie Triolo
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Rosalie Triolo
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5144?
EDF5144 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF5144 offered?
In 2021, EDF5144 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF5144?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5144 have an exam?
No. EDF5144 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.