Didactics of Social Science, Code 551034

Didactics of Social Science, Code 551034

1. Course Description: The academic course Didactics of Social Science is an elective three academic-credits course that belongs to the disciplinal professional training component of the B.A. Program in Foreign Language with emphasis in English teaching at UNAD. Learning purpose of this course is to strengthen the foreign language teaching abilities through the implementation of Social Science in the language classroom through the development of meaningful tasks.

   • Units 1
     • 1 -What are Social Sciences?. 2 - Teaching approaches. 3 - Social Science Lesson Planning.
   • Task based leaning Activities (1,5 individual – 2,3,4 in group) 1
     • 1-Introduction to Social Science 2- Understanding Social Science 3 -Contrasting Teaching Approaches. 4 -Social Science Lesson Planning. 5 -Video Presentation
   • Learning outcomes
     • -To recognize basic concepts related to the Social Science studies through the contrast of previous knowledge and information given in the course material. -To explore different theoretical concepts useful for the contextualization of the Social Science as a teaching resource. - To contrast approaches in language teaching that are beneficial for the inclusion of social science in the language teaching process. -To implement didactic approaches in language teaching that are effective in the inclusion of social science in the language teaching process.