Teacher Professional Development: Stage 6 History
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Audience
Teachers -
Learning stage
Stage 6 -
Learning area
First Nations, History -
Type
Professional development
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Gain confidence in embedding authentic First Nations voices and perspectives in the Stage 6 History classroom in this free NESA accredited teacher professional development program at the Australian Museum.
Effectively integrating First Nations voices into your teaching practice can be a daunting task, this can be especially true in senior History education. This teacher professional development has been developed in consultation with the Australian Museum First Nations Division and Education team to help teachers teach First Nations content, use authentic resources, and embed First Nations perspectives in the classroom.
Aimed at Stage 6 Modern History teachers, those who teach History Extension and Stage 5 History will also find great benefit in utilising First Nations pedagogical approaches and be provided with a range of teaching activities and approaches that can be taken back to the classroom. Throughout the program, teachers will participate in collaborative learning activities while exploring evidence based First Nations scholarship.
In addition, there will be a screening of the documentary “Her Name is Nanny Nellie”, a live panel of First Nations scholars and community leaders and a guided tour of the Australian Museum’s First Nations gallery.
Completing Embedding First Nations' Perspectives in the Stage 6 History Classroom will contribute 5 hours of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Aboriginal education and supporting Aboriginal students/children addressing Standard Descriptors 1.4.2 & 2.4.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher in NSW.
- Career Stage: Proficient
- Priority Area: Aboriginal Education and Supporting Aboriginal Students/Children
- Related Standard Descriptors: 1.4.2, 2.4.2
- how to embed authentic First Nations voices and perspectives throughout your teaching and learning programs
- how to utilise First Nations pedagogical approaches in the classroom
- how to support First Nations student's learning outcomes
- how to find and use appropriate historical sources that champion First Nations history and decolonial epistemology
- how to create lessons that work toward reconciliation and truth telling
- collaborative learning tasks that unpack First Nations pedagogy
- examples of learning activities to take back to the classroom
- a viewing of Daniel King's "Her Name is Nanny Nellie" in the Australian Museum Theatre
- an interactive panel discussion with, Australian Museum's Head of First Nations Collections ＆ Research Dr Mariko Smith, Director of "Her Name is Nanny Nellie" Daniel King, NESA curriculum manager of Aboriginal education Jo Higgins and Elder-in-Residence Aunty Kazan Brown.
- the provision of a curriculum aligned worksheet for the unit 'The Constructions of Modern Histories' of over 30 pages
- A guided tour of the Australian Museum's First Nations gallery Garrigarrang and 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum.
Upcoming dates
- Audience: Secondary Teachers
- Cost: Free
- Time: 9:30 - 4:00
- Duration: 6.5 hours
- Lunch is not provided, food is available for purchase onsite
Enter the Museum via the groups booking entrance on William Street. The professional development session will take place in the Patricia McDonald Education Rooms on the Lower Ground (LG) floor.
