Programme

Programme Themes and Topics

The conference committee are working hard to finalise the conference programme and this will be available for download during the week of 9 August. The programme will comprise of the below listed workshops, keynote presentations and field trips. 

Primary and Junior Social Studies

• Aotearoa histories in local contexts

• Enhancing your local curriculum through education outside the classroom 

• Head, heart, hand: teaching societal issues in Years 5-10

• Slavery in 2021?: an exploration of Modern Day Slavery in Social Studies

• Creating meaningful, integrated local curriculum

• Assessment through Evidence Gathering in Junior Social Studies

• Social Inquiry for local curriculum - Designing rich learning experiences for Years 0-10

• Be the Change Maker. Empower your students to make a positive impact both socially and environmentally in their local community.

Social Science subjects taught in Primary and Secondary schools

• Doc Edge Schools: Latest Release Educational Documentaries - Online and Nationwide

• Google Earth is not just for Geography Teachers

• Some things to know about Aotearoa/NZ History, 3000BC to the present

• ETV and EVA as Resource for the Teaching of Aotearoa NZ Histories from 2022.

• Learning Through Action - Climate Change and Local Government Civic Education

• Kā Huru Manu - The Ngāi Tahu Digital Atlas

• Tāngata Ngāi Tahu - People of Ngāi Tahu

• Revision Activities for Social Scientists

• Collecting and Using Your Own GIS data with Survey 123

• Paying attention to Perspectives

• Centering Climate Justice in Schools’ Responses to Climate Change

• He Kaupapa Tūmanako: Developing practices of Hope for young New Zealander's 

• Pasifika people, place & politics in the 21st century

• Enriching Pasifika learners through social studies

NCEA Change

• The Review of Achievements and the Social Sciences.

New initiatives from government and NGO’s

• New initiatives: Parliament’s Education team

• NZ Histories Years 1-6 Implementation Strategy

• Save the Children NZ – Fostering a Children’s Rights Approach to Social and Environmental Issues in the Classroom

• From Grandpa’s shed to bicultural museum: MOTAT’s journey

• Building Engaged Citizens

• Stories from rangatahi who are changing the world

• Planning for the new curriculum: A panel discussion

• Teaching a decolonised Māori and Pākehā histories in Primary Social Studies and Secondary History.

• Using Google Forms and Sites to make Breakout style Activities

• Developing digital citizenship in a changing world: Core learning in social studies

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Drone Pilot Workshop: A University-School Partnership

• Developing empathy in students through migration stories and digital technologies

• Psychology, a subject for a changing world.

•  Showcasing career options in the Tourism & Hospitality Industries through Virtual Reality

•  Demographics and Diversity: Asia and Aotearoa

• A guide to financial education for student wellbeing and community impact.

• How Education Perfect can support the new Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories Curriculum and teaching and learning within the Social Sciences

• Building your understanding of GIS

• The Mad Geographer (BreakoutEDU Game)

• Strands of a taura whiri:   strengthening the strands of Māori–non-Māori whanaungatanga (relationality) by the transformative telling of New Zealand history.

• LEARNZ online field trips

• The Embodiment of Te Tiriti o Waitangi - two personal journeys

• Teaching Tourism in 2021: Embracing Change

• Spark curiosity, build understanding with resources and questions

Pedagogical Approaches