My Designed Resouce & the Quality Teaching Model

Explanation of how the designed resource facilitates quality teaching and learning.

The designed resource – 1950s Decade Study Activities – facilitates quality teaching and learning by covering a broad range of tasks. We have included an introductory video to cover the broad social history with basic information, a note-taking exercise to show technology and its impact, a site study, categorizing activities, timeline activities, aural activities for music, and a music box web quest. The site study is an integral part of the BOS History Syllabus ICT Skills, and is suggested for Stage 5. (NSWDET, 2003) My site study activity fits into the inquiry process that is central to quality history teaching and learning. It provides a project for students to engage with, and enhances their critical thinking skills. Similarly, the categorizing activities about communications and transport help to show the influences on Australian life.

Our designed resource promotes quality teaching and learning through connections to the QTM. Our project satisfies the Dimensions of Intellectual Quality, Quality Learning Environment, and Significance. In particular, it codes high for the elements Knowledge Integration, Student Direction, and Deep Knowledge. The content in the activities is explicitly connected to the Syllabus, and reflects the outcomes for Topic 8, Stage 5. The video created shows the key concepts covered for the topic, and draws the content together to enhance learning. The site study and web quest fulfill the element Student Direction, as it allows students to make choices about the time, pace, and selection of activities available to them. Students are allowed to determine many significant aspects of the activities. Knowledge Integration is evident in the content and type of activities. The aural tasks included rely heavily on Music analysis, as well as the broad range of social history included: housing, transport, entertainment, and communications.