1997 QUT Handbook

advanced teaching strategies; general principles of measurement,
assessment and evaluation; teaching and learning strategies;
and issues and directions in curriculum development.
Courses: ED50, ED54 Prerequisites: PRB365
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PRB367 SOCIAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM
STUDIES 1
This unit assists students to develop those competencies needed
for planning and teaching in selected curriculum areas. Content
includes: the nature of the curriculum area/discipline and
its role and contribution as a medium for education; introduction
to relevant syllabuses and curriculum documents; lesson
and curriculum unit planning activities; and teaching strategies
designed to promote a range of learning experiences in
selected curriculum areas.
Courses: ED50, ED54
Prerequisites: Normally the completion of 48 credit points
in each relevant discipline area
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PRB368 SOCIAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM
STUDIES 2
Curriculum development within the context of contemporary
policies, frameworks and agencies; general principles of measurement,
assessment and evaluation; teaching and learning strategies;
and issues and directions in curriculum development.
Courses: ED50, ED54 Prerequisites: PRB367
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PRB369 CURRICULUM IN SOCIAL EDUCATION
Builds on SBB340 to develop a coherent and balanced understanding
of the nature and role of Social Education, the
Queensland Primary Schools Social Studies Syllabus and P-
10 Social Education Framework and introduces other national
and international syllabi and programs. Investigates some of
the more recent significant initiatives in Social Education, such
as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Education, Environmental
Education and Global Education. Students design an innovative
curriculum program for the classroom and clarify their
own philosophy and degree of commitment to Social Education
teaching.
Courses: ED51
Prerequisites: SBB340, Teaching Social Education
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PRB370 DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL EDUCATION
Builds on PRB369 and SBB340 and analyses the contribution
to social education in the classroom of areas, themes and
topics, such as teaching for a better world, environmental education,
peace and justice, effective citizenship, political literacy,
human rights, development education, gender and equity,
global education and futures education.
Courses: ED51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PRB371 SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
FOUNDATIONS
Explores from an interdisciplinary perspective a number of
thematic questions about teaching: the historical development
of social and environmental foundations in the study of society;
the current socio-cultural context of social and environmental
education; culture and beliefs as an influence on social
and environmental activity; the quality of natural and social
systems in the world; resources: conservation and development;
place and space, continuity and change, key skills
and competencies, critical and creative thinking, perceptions,
attitudes and values in social and environmental studies.
Courses: ED43, ED51, ED52
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PRB372 THE AUSTRALIAN LEGACY
Examination of those forces which have shaped contemporary
Australia. Through a consideration of this historical legacy,
a better understanding of those social, economic and constitutional
developments which are currently taking place in
Australia can be achieved.
802
Courses: ED51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PRB373 CONSUMER EDUCATION IN PRIMARY
SCHOOLS
This unit provides opportunities for primary school teachers
to gain an awareness of the role and functions of consumers
in the Australian economy, and the interrelationship between
consumers, business and the government. It discusses consumer
protection laws and the need for consumer protection.
An examination of various teaching strategies and teaching
resources and assists teachers to plan Consumer Education
teaching programs for implementation in primary schools.
Courses: ED51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PRB374 AUSTRALIA, ASIA & THE PACIFIC: A
FUTURES APPROACH
An introduction to the study of futures is attempted through
an analysis of principal methods and contemporary eminent
contributors. Methods and models are applied to the development
of future scenarios and contemporary issues relevant to
the region, e.g. population and migration, political institutions
and systems, resource allocation and utilisation, sustainable
development, environmental issues and structural change.
Using understandings from the above, teaching methods and
techniques are developed for the P-10 Social Education Curriculum.
Courses: ED51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PRB375 ADVANCED CURRICULUM:
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
This unit is designed to assist the beginning teacher to implement
the Queensland Department of Education’s environmental
policy in primary schools. The major goal is to develop
expertise in the design and delivery of class programs and
activities.
Courses: ED51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PRB376 ORGANISATION & ADMINISTRATION
OF ADULT & WORKPLACE EDUCATION
Explores and analyses organisational structures and comparative
administrative practices found to be successful in adult
and workplace education settings. Special attention is given
to the impact of organisational form and function; financial
provision; planning and management; and organisational
policy on servicing the needs of clients. The effect of national
and international policies and issues; and current legislative
requirements on organisational and administrative designs and
processes is examined closely. Social justice considerations
such as ethical practice and equity are integral components of
this unit.
Courses: ED54
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PRB377 STUDIES OF SOCIETIES &
ENVIRONMENT/HEALTH & PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
This unit develops an introductory understanding of the nature
and purpose of the Wiltshire Report’s Studies of Society
and Environment at the primary level. Current curriculum
documents are analysed and teaching and learning strategies
for their implementation are developed. The health section
content includes: concepts and content incorporated in the
philosophy of health education, the structure, management
and evaluation of lessons in the school environment; planning
learning experiences and developing health and physical
education program modules.
Courses: ED51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PRB378 KNOWING YOUR ENVIRONMENT
This unit uses a interdisciplinary social science approach to
explore the origins, nature and impact of various environmental
issues which threaten the continuing viability of our planet.