Teaching Studies of Society and its Environment is written specifically for students studying to become primary HSIE/SOSE teachers. This book will give students an overview of the theory behind why they do what they do and then a selection of examples of how to do it. Following proven methods for educating teachers in training, this book covers cross-curricular and literacy approaches that are in line with current focuses in Australian schools.

• Case studies, critical evaluation questions, and teachers’ real-life experiences throughout the text to help students apply the theory.
• Examples of curriculum from every state.
• Covers middle year schooling as well as primary.
• A user-friendly text with lots of illustrations and practical strategies for teaching.
• Up to date with the latest teaching techniques
• The first text book on SOSE/HSIE to contain a chapter on Aboriginal Studies, written by an Aboriginal author.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: What is SOSE?

Chapter 2: SOSE and Good Pedagogy

Chapter 3: Inquiry Learning

Chapter 4: Values

Chapter 5: Citizenship Education

Chapter 6: History Education

Chapter 7: Geography and Education for Sustainable Development

Chapter 8: Cultures Education

Chapter 9: Teaching Indigenous Studies to Primary School Children

Chapter 10: Resources Education

Chapter 11: Integrating SOSE

Chapter 12: ICT and SOSE

Chapter 13: Assessment in SOSE

Ruth Reynolds – Deputy Head, School of Education, University of Newcastle

In these resources you will find PDFs of tables and figures from the book that you can download to use in the classroom or as practice for your lesson planning. Please click on the links below to download the PDFs.

In these resources you will find PDFs of tables and figures from the book that you can download to use in the classroom or as practice for your lesson planning. Please click on the links below to download the PDFs.