Help! I'm teaching Society and Culture for the first time

Description

This course will provide teachers with an introduction to Society and Culture as a conceptual course. Examining the preamble of the course - including fundamental and additional course concepts, research methods and the characteristics of a socially and culturally literate person - teachers will engage with the foundations of the course. Teachers will then unpack the components of the Personal Interest Project as a major work, practicing question development and understanding how to build links to the HSC syllabus. Finally, teachers will presented with a number of strategies on how to address the Core as a mandatory topic. 

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this microcredential you'll be able to: 

• Understand the framework for the study of Society and Culture  

• Understand how to apply and integrate social and cultural concepts 

• Understand how to support the development of social and cultural literacy  

• Justify the choice of Focus and/or Depth Studies based on relevant application to course outcomes  

• Examine NESA requirements in relation to assessment and reporting, and what this looks like in application to the course  

• Understand how to support students in the development of ethical and sociological focus questions relevant to the development of their Personal Interest Project  

• Critically examine requirements of the Personal Interest Project and their application to support synthesis of research 

Delivery Details

This micro-credential is delivered as an online, asynchronous learning course

Volume of Learning

25 hours

Activities

• Self-Directed Online Learning

• Recorded lecture

• Flipped content delivery

• Personal experimentation

• Interactive tasks

• Summaries

• Reflections  

Assessments: N/A

Recognised by

Successful completion of this microcredential enables teachers to self-identify 25-hours of professional development for their NESA accreditation. Macquarie University is a NESA recognised professional learning provider

Credit points: not-for-credit

Reference website: https://www.mq.edu.au/faculty-of-arts/departments-and-schools/macquarie-school-of-education/macquarie-university-teachers-learning-hub