472-202 Learning Area(EC): Society & Environment

This subject will explore key issues identified in SOSE CSFII levels 1-3 - issues related to society, the environment, children's understanding of these issues and the role of adults including teachers and parents and adult agencies in affecting children's understandings skills and values. Topics will include the structure and stratification of society, the diverse dimensions of society (including race, ethnicity, gender, culture and class), social and educational policy, the nature of childhood, the role of children in social and environmental change, relationships between groups, individuals and the environment and the impact of technological change on the physical, cultural and learning environments of young children.

An assignment of 2000 words and a 2-hour written examination.

• Board of Studies, Curriculum and Standards Framework, Studies of Society and Environment. Victoria, 2000.
• C Marsh, Teaching Studies of Society and Environment. (3rd edn), Prentice-Hall, 2001.
• B Graetz & I McAllister, Dimensions of Australian Society. (2nd edn), MacMillan, 1998.