Learning Area Geography 1 (EDUC90439)

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject teacher candidates should be able to:

Graduate Standards refers to the Graduate-level Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

• Demonstrate competency in the use of concepts, knowledge and skills in Geography and develop coherent learning sequences in accordance with current curriculum frameworks (Graduate Standards 1.2, 1.5, 2.2, 3.2, 3.3 & 3.6)
• Demonstrate strong subject and pedagogical content knowledge in Geography to create productive learning environments that enable powerful learning (Graduate Standards 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 3.5, & 3.6)
• Interpret, design and implement relevant curriculum and pedagogy, integrating digital technologies and differentiating teaching to engage all students in their learning (Graduate Standards 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 3.4)
• Reflect on the ways in which educational theory and research informs teaching practice (Graduate Standards 1.2, 1.5, 2.1, 3.2 & 3.6)
• Demonstrate professional collegiality and participate effectively in team work (Graduate Standards 1.2)
• Demonstrate the capacity to reflect upon practice and extend professional learning through teacher practitioner inquiry and research (Graduate Standards 3.3, 3.4, 3.6 & 5.1)
• Critically reflect on research into how students learn and understand the concepts, substance, structure and implications for effective teaching practice, including the creation of effective learning environments (Graduate Standards 1.2, 1.5, 2.1, 3.2 & 3.6)
• Understand how to design lesson plans and learning sequences, using knowledge of student learning, curriculum, assessment, reporting as well as effective teaching resources (Graduate Standards 1.2, 1.5, 2.2, 3.2, 3.3 & 3.6)
• Understand how to set learning goals that provide achievable challenges for students of varying abilities and characteristics (Graduate Standards 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 & 3.6)
• Select appropriate strategies to differentiate teaching to meet specific needs of students, including digital technologies, literacy, numeracy and 21st Century skills in order to engage and empower students in their learning (Graduate Standards 1.2, 1.5, 2.5, 2.6, 3.3 & 3.4)
• Evaluate teaching programs to improve learning and to determine the effectiveness of strategies and resources (Graduate Standards 3.3, 3.4, 3.6 & 5.1)
• Identify assessment strategies including formal and informal diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess and to support students’ learning (Graduate Standards 2.3, 3.4, 3.6 & 5.1)

Generic skills

This subject will develop the following set of key transferable skills:

• Clinical reasoning and thinking
• Problem solving
• Evidence based decision making
• Creativity and innovation
• Teamwork and professional collaboration
• Learning to learn and metacognition
• Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base
• Reflection for continuous improvement
• Linking theory and practice
• Inquiry and research
• Active and participatory citizenship