Teacher Education
SEAA supports educators in teacher education. SEAA offers workshops on practical teaching strategies as well as opportunities to discuss current and future developments in curriculum of interest to social educators at their biennial conference. SEAA is a participant in discussion about, and provides input into, the development of many resources to support social education. SEAA is a participant in national curriculum discussion while also involved in issues associated with accreditation and registration of teachers. Comments and ideas about how we can further support the teacher education sector are always welcome.
AIA/SEAA Unit Writing Competition
In 2009 SEAA and AIA jointly sponsored a unit writing competition for Australian tertiary students undertaking education courses. The focus of units was Human Rights and in particular the rights of indigenous people in Australia. It was felt that this topic was central to the goals of both organisations while at the same time offering student teachers the opportunity to construct a unit that had practical value in their classrooms.
For More Information and Competition Winners - Click Here
Teaching for uncertain futures
Teaching Australia has released a scenario book Teaching for Uncertain Futures, about possible futures for teaching in Australia through to the year 2030. Teaching for Uncertain Futures is the work of teachers and principals from around Australia who were involved in a national scenario building project, the Open Book Scenarios, supported by Teaching Australia in partnership with the Neville Freeman Agency. The central question of the project was "What will the Australian teaching profession have to do to be successful in 2030?"
Read Teaching Australia's press release or request a copy of Teaching for Uncertain Futures from Teaching Australia, email info@teachingaustralia.edu.au.
Civics and citizenship education:
state of the nation
Read about developments in the implementation and assessment of the achievement of the National Goals for Schooling in the Twenty-first Century relating to civics and citizenship education. National and state/territory developments, the key features of civics and citizenship education, and the results of a national program to assess the achievement of these goals are discussed. Read the article...
Educating for a Sustainable Future
A National Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools
Educating for a Sustainable Future - A National Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools provides a nationally agreed description of the nature and purpose of environmental education for sustainability through all years of schooling, including a vision and a framework for its implementation. It is intended for teachers, schools and their communities, education systems and developers of curriculum materials. It is also intended as a companion to existing State and Territory polices and programmes and does not replace them. Download the statement as a PDF document here.
National curriculum initiatives
History
Details of the national history curriculum being developed by the National Curriculum Board are available here.
Geography
Details of the 'Towards a national geography curriculum for Australia' project being undertaken by AGTA, the RGSQ and IAG are available here.
Response to the national curriculum initiatives by SEAA is available here here
Response to the National curriculum initiatives by The Asia Education Foundation is available here
For more current resources visit the AFSSSE web site
http://www.afssse.asn.au/index.htm
