Migration stories link and some migration relevant geography sites

Hi all

Great to meet you all today. I look forward to our continuing conversations about HaSS and the teaching of HaSS. Just a change to that planner I gave you today. The link to the migration stories has changed - sorry for those who have been trying to find the site tonight. The link to the migration stories on the National Museum site that I asked you to read and bring one along to talk about is http://waves.anmm.gov.au/Immigration-Stories/Stories-from-our-collection.aspx

Some sites to support the migration discussion in Session 2

Have a good look at these sites and I am sure you will be informed and even surprised by what they tell you about migration and population around the world. Most importantly get acquainted with the sites and then think about how you would use them with students - another source of discussion for us on Thursday.

* Migration flows
This interactive migration map allows you to see for every country in the world either the top ten providing countries of lifetime migrants or the top ten receiving countries of lifetime migrants. On top of that, when you let your mouse hover over a country, you can see the total population, the GDP per capita, the HIV and Tuberculosis prevalence and the death rate of children under five.

Population pyramids

This interactive site enables you to see the age-sex pyramids for every country in the world. A great resource for comparison across the globe and awareness of diversity in age-sex structures between countries. The pyramids raise many question as to why they are the shape they are. The pyramids also go back in time and project forward - fascinating.









* World population clock

* The Poodwaddle clock

Welcome to the HaSS Intensive

Image above: Cultural differences.

Related sites to Humsteach blog
Spatialworlds
Australian Curriculum Portal
DECD Learning Resources for Australian Curriculum
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website
Geography Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of Australia 

Scoop.it 

Geographical thinking Scoop.it  

Spatial literacy Scoop.it  

History and geography Scoop.it 

Spatial Education and technology Scoop.it   

Email contact:
malcolm.mcinerney@unisa.edu.au

Uni SA website and course details

Tutorial presentation on HaSS curriculum from Session 1 (22/11/16)


You think what?

"A curriculum is not value-free, as values and attitudes cannot be divorced from content."

The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Geography January 2011

HASS subjects and their teaching is not value free. It is almost impossible not to be political in some way when discussing HASS topics.

As Robert Butler was quoted as saying in the Economist in 2010:

“It is getting harder and harder in conversation to raise one or other of the most basic subjects in geography—agriculture, glaciation, rivers and population—without a flicker of panic crossing the other person’s face. You are no longer talking about a neutral subject.”


HASS has the potential to be relevant, dynamic and challenging for students in the classroom through providing the opportunity to develop a political frame around what is taught. How can we teach about water, population, migration and climate change for example without challenging students to place the discussion in a political context – that is, what do you believe is right and what are the justice and ethical beliefs that guide ones opinion on an issue.


Here are two excellent classroom polling tools to have a look at and use to get discussion started.


* Straw Poll

What are your responses to the following following questions re: HASS 

• Click on the URL's below and select your response.  

What subject of HASS do you like best?

http://strawpoll.me/6943450

Did you like Society and Environment at school?

https://strawpoll.me/6943458

Are you looking forward to teaching HASS?
http://strawpoll.me/6943465

Do you enjoy discussing issues?

http://strawpoll.me/6943470

* Poll everywhere

A digital tool that is a wonderful way to get students involved (all students, not just the vocal and uninhibited) in discussion of a contestable nature is Poll Everywhere. The brilliant aspect of this program is that it is easy to use, is anonymous and inclusive of all, can be used and developed in real time in the classroom and provides instant feedback (graphs, word walls etc). The program gives all students a voice so that they can express their opinion without ridicule or embarrassment. The resulting graphs and graphics provide data for class research and discussion and can be archived for comparison over time presentations. As a tool it is a great interactive way to involve the geography class in some high order thinking and discussion. 
The brief video on the Poll Everywhere Home page gives an introduction to this free digital tool which can be used not only in the geography classroom but also with teachers in their professional learning in geography. Here is a Poll Everywhere document I recently used with a group of teachers working on the concepts in history and geography. All they had to do was type the URL http://www.pollev.com and start submitting their response to the questions in the document by using the codes (each code is unique and can be used only once specifically for the question - called a poll) generated by the teacher/facilitator of the question. Poll Everywhere is a great way to get discussion started in any gathering.  It is certainly worth the 30 minutes to get acquainted with the tool and make the learning more interactive for participants and create some inclusive and comprehensive data for contestable discussions.

PollEverywhere responses

Go to PollEv.com/mal2013

or Text MAL2013 to +61 429 883 481


Why do we study HASS?


Can you list some HASS issues?

Is there any one issue that really interests/enthuses you?

Do you have any concerns about this class and how you may proceed/succeed?

Do you have any questions re: HASS before we continue?


A selection of HASS resources and links

* GeogSpace: the resource from AGTA and Education Services Australia (ESA) to support the Australian Curriculum: Geography 

* AC History Units: the resource from HTAA and Education Services Australia (ESA) to support the Australian Curriculum: History

* DECD Australian Curriculum: HASS resources 

The DECD "Making the Australian Curriculum work for us' resource has been designed  to support the teaching and learning of the Australian Curriculum: HASS.

As you can see below the resource to date includes a creative animation, broadsheets on the curriculum, sound bites and 'talking heads'.

The Story of the learning areas animation. An excellent animation on Geography and History. 

Bringing it to life resource (BitL)

The Sound bites 

The RSLSA Virtual War Memorial

A great resource for commemoration activities, historical research and work on Australian identity in the Civics and Citizenship curriculum.

* Discovering Democracy resources 

* Parliamentary Education Office resources

 * South Australian Parliament teaching resources

The Place of HASS at the ACSA Symposium

Click here to download the above HASS presentation by Malcolm McInerney at the ACSA Symposium on 14 October 2016


Related sites to the Humsteach blog 
Spatialworlds
GeogSpace
AC History Units
Geogaction
DECD Learning Resources for Australian Curriculum
DECD Achievement Standards Charts 
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website
Geography Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of South Australia
History Teachers Association of Australia
Business Educators Australia

Email contact:

malcolm.mcinerney@sa.gov.au



The HASS thinking handout


* The Australian Curriculum Portal

A selection of HASS resources and links

 * Being a Citizen: a resource developed from the Australia Geography Teachers Association (AGTA

  * Thinking Geographically resource from from the Australia Geography Teachers Association (AGTA)

 


* South Australian Parliament teaching resources

* Discovering Democracy resources 

* Parliamentary Education Office resources

* GeogSpace: the resource from AGTA and Education Services Australia (ESA) to support the Australian Curriculum: Geography 

* AC History Units: the resource from HTAA and Education Services Australia (ESA) to support the Australian Curriculum: History

* Para Hills Primary School Economics and Business Weebly

* Para Hills Primary School Civics and Citizenship Weebly

* DECD Australian Curriculum: HASS resources 

The DECD "Making the Australian Curriculum work for us' resource has been designed  to support the teaching and learning of the Australian Curriculum: HASS.

As you can see below the resources includes a creative animation, sound bites and 'talking heads'.

The Story of the learning areas animations.

The Sound bites 

The RSLSA Virtual War Memorial

A great resource for commemoration activities, historical research and work on Australian identity in the Civics and Citizenship curriculum.

Learning theories to check out for assignment explanations

Referring to learning theories in your unit plan rationale for learning sequence and summative assignments.

To check out about learing theories go to http://www.learning-theories.com

In the Australian Curriculum you will see many learning theories in action via the inquiry model used in HaSS

Can you see any of these learning theories (or others) in action in your unit plan?

Constructivism

The philosophy about learning, that proposes learners need to build their own understanding of new ideas, has been labelled constructivism.

Various educationalist have developed an instructional model for constructivism, called the "Five E’s"

Explore

Students carry out an activity/discussion in which they can explore the knowledge/concept/skill. This phase allows students to acquire a common set of experiences that they can use to help each other make sense of the new concept or skill.

Explain

Only after students have explored aspects of the knowledge/concept/skill does the teacher provide the explanations/learning stories to develop student understanding. The significant aspect of this phase is that explanation follows experience.

Elaborate

This phase provides opportunities for students to apply what they have learned to new situations and so develop a deeper understanding of the concept/understanding. It is important for students to discuss and compare their ideas with each other during this phase.

Evaluate

The final phase provides an opportunity for students to review and reflect on their own learning and new understandings. It is also when students provide evidence for changes to their understanding, beliefs and skills. 

 Blooms taxonomy

Some other learning theories to refer to in HaSS:

·        Multiple Intelligences

·        Systems thinking

·        Experiential learning