Place and Time: Teaching History, Geography and Social Sciences is a summary of current research for practicing and pre-service teachers and is written by nationally and internationally recognised specialists in history, geography and social science education.

Place and Time is based on general, research-based principles and concepts that can be adapted to suit any modifications that result as the story of the Australian Curriculum unfolds.

The authors have anticipated that revisions to the curriculum will take place and have written this textbook on that basis by outlining relevant research-based principles combined with practical examples that can be adapted as the curriculum evolves.

Teachers of the humanities and social sciences disciplines who adopt the concepts outlined in this book will be in a position to revive the teaching and learning of these disciplines within an integrated curriculum framework.

Table of Contents
Detailed Table of Contents

Part 1 - Debating the teaching and learning of humanities and social sciences

1 Humanities and social sciences in the Australian curriculum

2 Why geography matters

3 Why history matters

4 Why civics and citizenship education matters

5 Why economics and business matter

6 Why we need Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives

Part 2 - Understanding the teaching and learning of humanities and social sciences

7 Developing thinking and understanding in primary humanities and social sciences

8 Developing adolescents’ geographical thinking and understanding

9 Developing thinking and understanding in secondary history

10 Introduction to inquiry-based learning

11 Geographic inquiry

12 Historical inquiry

13 Planning for teaching and learning in the humanities and social sciences

14 Progression in understanding in geography

15 Progression in understanding history

16 Assessment in humanities and social science

Part 3 -  Beyond the classroom: exploring wider pedagogies in the teaching and learning of humanities and social sciences

17 The permeable classroom

18 ICT in the humanities and social sciences

Part 4  - Investigating perspectives in the teaching and learning of humanities and social sciences

19 Values education in humanities and social sciences

20 Educating in humanities and the social sciences for a global perspective

21 Sustainability in humanities and social sciences education