Humanities 

Choosing Humanities Subjects

Humanities subjects develop skills that are highly transferable. This means that they’re useful and sought after in many fields, and they may be especially relevant in the 21st century. For example, you can build your skills in:

• communication (writing, reading and speaking)
• critical thinking (being able to analyse and evaluate)
• creative thinking (coming up with new ideas)
• inquiry (being able to research, process and interpret information) problem solving

Humanities Learning Domain

The Humanities Learning Domain has been fortunate to welcome Georgia and Joe, who are studying the Master of Teaching (Secondary) at Melbourne Graduate School of Education. They have been taking classes with their mentor teachers (Ms Jeffery, Ms Lang, Ms Warnett & Mr Bristol).  As per usual teaching practice we gave Georgia and Joe an ‘exit ticket’ to complete to review their experiences at Wanganui Park S.C.

Georgia

I learnt about the infamous Mr D’s – a local icon. Also, those 100 explanations to a young person are never enough!

I found it interesting … I loved the concept of the mixed year level Home Groups and the VMG system. I think they both help to build more of a sense of community in the school.

Thanks for having me – it’s been an absolute pleasure.

Joe

I learnt how to manage the humor and energy of students in the classroom.

I also learnt that I should barrack for a footy team.

I found it interesting … observing all the different classes and how teachers use content to engage students. I also found it interesting to see the impressive mullets some students have.

One question I have… how did young people become so skilled at changing the topic?