Inquiry-based learning in teacher education: a primary humanities example

Inquiry-based learning features strongly in the new Australian Humanities and Social Sciences curriculum and increasingly in primary school practice. Yet, there is little research into, and few exemplars of, inquiry approaches in the primary humanities context. In this article, we outline and explain the implementation of a place-based simulation as a vehicle for inquiry in a humanities subject in a teacher education course. Preliminary findings of surveys of pre-service teachers conducted pre and post the implementation of the inquiry model suggest increased engagement and enhanced learning outcomes. Further analysis is required in order to determine the depth of pre-service teachers’ understanding of inquiry approaches.

The humanities curriculum in a changing world

In this article Harvie discusses the perceptions that pre-service teachers have about Humanities teaching & learning.Harvie expresses the importance of a sound humanities program in schools is central to developing individual members of society that are informed about Values, Citizenship, Australian and Global History, Geography and Economics.

Developing teachers of inquiry: an emerging humanities model of inquiry (HMI)

Inquiry pedagogies have been an integral mode by which understandings connected to the Humanities have been developed in primary classrooms. For the purposes of this paper, the Humanities incorporates areas of learning associated with Civics and Citizenship, History, Geography and Economics. In primary classrooms, these discipline areas have often been taught in interdisciplinary ways through other iterations such as Social Studies and Studies of Society and Environment. This paper is a reflection on the work with pre-service teachers in a quest to disrupt more traditional and transmissive pedagogies for teaching and learning in this area. It proposes a new way of conceptualising inquiry for rigorous and disciplinary learning.

American memory : a report on the humanities in the nation's public schools /

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Storyworlds : ideas for teaching primary geography using 10 popular children's stories.

Por medio de la lectura de diez populares cuentos infantiles de varios países del mundo, y de las actividades de apoyo, se pretende que los alumnos de Geografía cubran sus necesidades educativas esbozadas en el Programa de Estudios del National Currículum, Key Stage uno y dos. Los objetivos marcados para los alumnos de estos niveles son: desarrollar un fuerte interés por su entorno y el mundo que les rodea como hogar de la humanidad, comprender las relaciones entre las personas y el medio ambiente, apreciar la importancia de creencias, actitudes y valores de otros pueblos, conocer, comprender y contrastar su zona de origen, su propio país y otras partes del mundo.

Robert Philips Lane Papers - Accession 108

The Robert Philips Lane Papers consist of lecture notes, term papers, examinations, class rolls, seating charts, speech notes and papers relating to Dr. Lane’s career as an English professor at Winthrop. Comprising a significant portion of the collection are research notes, writings, research papers, and other notes on literary figures and genres while Dr. Robert Philip Lane was a student at Thayer Academy, Harvard University, and the University of North Carolina.

Theme for English A, B and E: An Anthology of Identity in Cape Town, South Africa

This collection of poetry from grade 11 students in Cape Town, South Africa seeks to explore self-identity in South African high school students. In reading through their personal work, one can identify four ways in which these students define themselves: using self-promotion, or a display of personal strength; self-doubt, or moments of vulnerability; self-exploration, or the literary journey students take to define and explore their lives; and self-definition through social issues, or the examining of important social issues in South Africa and how they play into the lives of students. This anthology and literary analysis explores life-defining issues that are unique to South African high school students using these four criteria and ponders the distinctness of these issues through poetry.

The Exiled Intellectual and the American University

Dr Leon Botstein, Professor at Bard College, gives a lecture on the subject of the tradition of learning institutions providing exile to intellectuals from countries in crisis. Lecture held at the Graham Center, Modesto Maidique Campus, Florida International University on February 25, 2013.

Workshop for Miami-Dade County Teacher Pt. 1

The Coral Gables Museum hosts a workshop for Miami-Dade County Public School teachers on the "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow" exhibition on display the museum

Workshop for Miami-Dade County Teacher pt. 2

The Coral Gables Museum hosts a workshop for Miami-Dade County Public School teachers on the "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow" exhibition on display the museum.

Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow - a Black-Jewish Dialogue

The Coral Gables Museum hosts a panel discussion on the subject of the challenges and struggles faced by both African American and Jewish communities in South Florida. Panelists include Rabbi Solomon Schiff, former Executive Director of the Greater Miami Rabbinical Association Ms. Bea Hines, religion columnist for the Miami Herald Rev. Gregory Pope, Instructor in Religious Studies at Florida International University Dr. Oren Stier, Associate Professor and Director of Holocaust Studies at Florida Internationa University and moderator Dr Nathan Katz, Distinguished Professor and Director of Jewish Studies at Florida International University

Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow- FIU reception

Reception for the Coral Gables Museum exhibit of "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow" held at Florida International University on October 26,2014

Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow- Lessons and Legacies

The Coral Gables Museum hosts a forum on the topic of the evolution of American thought on race. This discussion is in response to the museum's exhibition "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow". Event held on October 19,2014 at the Coral Gables Museum.