The project relates to the Quality Teaching Model very strongly in many areas. In this blog post I will concentrate on four specific elements across all three focus areas: Intellectual Quality, Quality Learning Environment and Significance.
Firstly, from the area of Quality Learning environment, I believe our unit of work provides a high level of Exlpicit Quality Criteria to set the students up for learning in each lesson. At the start of each lesson we stated what content would be included in the lesson. We also tried to ensure each activity was explained well in question or instruction format. This would hopefully ensure students are not left confused over what to do.
For Intellectual Quality, the element of Metalanguage is a major focus. In History there are a lot of new words for students. We created Vocabulary lists and literacy-focused activities. We explained what words meant within text and by using pictures to show what things looked like.
Significance is an area I believe is particularly important to History teaching. Cultural Knowledge is pertinent to History in general. For example, if a student is Aboriginal they are going to have some Cultural Knowledge on a topic about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Background Knowledge on a subject like Ancient Egypt is likely. Often students have at least heard of the pyramids.
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