ECE3005 Study of Society and Environment (FOEDU)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (ONC)Fraser Cst (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Teacher Education: Primary) Band 5

State law in Queensland (Australia) requires that all adults working/undertaking professional experience/researching with children under the age of 18, in the state of Queensland are required to possess a current suitability card (Blue Card). (See "Other Requirements" for further information.) Also see: http://www.childcomm.qld.gov.au/employment/bluecard/informationSheets.html.

Synopsis

This course is designed to prepare pre-service educators to begin teaching in the SOSE area, and thus will focus on the formal years of early schooling (Prep to Year 3). Within a framework that acknowledges the contested nature of official social knowledge, and environmental and cultural systems, the course will explore various philosophies and approaches to social education, the current status of social education as part of the school curriculum and current SOSE curriculum documents.