QCH525 Teaching and Learning of Secondary History

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Course Title: QCH525 TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SECONDARY HISTORY

Course Description:

This course gives an insight to student-teachers about the nature and purpose of teaching secondary school history. The teaching of history in secondary schools is now in an exciting phase of change. Critical thinking, ICT and source-work have changed the way the subject is taught in schools. Newer developments such as ‘teaching for historical understanding’ and ‘inquiry-based learning in history’ require student-teachers to also be familiar with the means to approach historical instruction in light of these initiatives. As such, this course is designed to equip student-teachers with various strategies such as cooperative learning, the use of simulation and role-play, concept-based teaching, and the integration of source materials in lessons, as part of teaching through historical inquiry.

Assessment:

The assessment consists of 2 major components:

Class participation 20%

Assignment 80%

Part 1

Class Participation (20%)

This part of the assessment comprised the student’s participation in hands-on sessions in class, questions asked, online reflections on eportfolio, and ideas brought up and Blackboard Discussion sessions.

Part 2

Assignment (80%)

This part of the assignment allows student teachers to demonstrate their mastery in the content topic and their ability to plan creative yet effective learning activities for their pupils. These activities/strategies should explore a range of learning activities and skills, especially thinking and IT skills.

This part of the assignment is divided into 2 sub-sections.

As a group, choose and design a unit from the History syllabus.

i) UNIT PLAN (group) 10%

ii) LESSON PACKAGES (group & individual)

Write lesson plans that reflect

· Role play/simulation/games (group) 15%

· Teaching of concepts (group) 15%

· An enquiry lesson using the Structured Enquiry Approach (individual) 40 %

Each lesson package should consist of a detailed lesson plan, resources, Powerpoint slides (if any) and activity sheets. Each package will be submitted 1 week after the sessions on the given strategies, except for the last assignment on enquiry, which is to be submitted on the day of the presentation.

Submission of Assignments:

Role Play Assignment: 4 Oct 13

Concept Lesson Plan: 15 Nov 13

Unit Plan and Individual Enquiry Lesson Plan: 22 Nov 13