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Certificate in Primary Teaching (Anglophone) - Social Science

 
SOCIAL SCIENCE MODULES

SS11. Me and My World


This course aims to provide the teacher trainees with basic information about the individual. It focuses on developing self esteem, identifying roles and responsibilities within the family, village and community as well as the nation as a whole. It also aims to provide the trainees skills in developing informed attitudes such as being responsible, being honest and more importantly, friendly attitudes.



SS12. Our Communities


This course aims to provide the teacher trainees with basic information about the different types of communities that we have in Vanuatu, such communities that we find in the school, village, islands and nation as a whole. The course should enable the trainees to identity the responsibilities practiced in each communities and how they are expected to react in each situation.



SS13. Religious Education Values


This course aims to explore the various components that make up the Bible taking into account the various values that are prevalent in the Vanuatu Context. In addition it will emphasis the various methods of teaching values.



SS21. Our Country - Vanuatu


This course aims to provide the teacher trainees with a through understanding of the historical development Vanuatu. It is also important to assist the students in realizing the role and responsibilities that Vanuatu plays nationally and internationally. Trainees need to develop their own understanding about the roles and responsibilities of their country and to be able to share this knowledge with their students.



SS22. Our Neighbours - Vanuatu and the World


This course aims to provide the teacher trainees with the basic understanding that no country lives in isolation. On the contrary it is important that teachers and their students are aware of the role their nation plays with her near neighbours. The relationship involves tourism, trade, travel, shipping and the exchange of ideas.



SS23. Global Studies


This course aims to provide the teacher trainees with an understanding of the outside world regarding the different types of cultures. An integral part of this course is to enable the students to see how human race depends on each other for survival especially with resources which we might not have available in our countries will have to be imported from somewhere else. Students will also be aware of the fact that international decisions can affect the way we live thus cooperation between countries ought to be maintained.


 
 
 
     
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