This unit introduces pre-service teachers 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 school or wider educational settings. The unit is practice-based, research-informed and resource-rich. It embraces diverse histories, perspectives, pedagogies and technologies, and prepares pre-service teachers to tailor history education experiences to meet their students' different learning, career, leisure and life needs. It explores: pre-service teachers' personal philosophies and latest research on why to teach and learn about the past; multiple definitions of... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Rosalie Triolo
Prerequisites: A minor sequence in history
