Competences

a. Extend and apply knowledge of the Social Studies syllabus to students’ life;
b. Initiate projects to be used during the Social Studies lessons;
c. Consolidate and amalgamate what the students are being exposed to in the real world to how applicable this can be to the classroom world during a Social Studies lesson/activity;
d. Review current primary sources of information directly or indirectly related to the Social Studies learning outcomes;
e. Deploy established techniques of enquiry during Social Studies activities so as to help students;
benefit from the activity/lesson and make it more applicable to their holistic development;
f. Organise group work sessions, projects and/or fieldwork within the class which can be used as ongoing assessment strategies;
g. Devise methods to enhance a student-centred class approach;
h. Initiate projects which can take different forms and which can be led and presented by the class students themselves;

Knowledge 

a. Define the Basic Geographical aspects of the Malta as a Mediterranean island;
b. Identify Basic Historical events of the Maltese history within the Euro-Mediterranean region;
c. Systematically understand key aspects of the Social Studies Primary Syllabus;
d. Describe Basic Civics and sociological aspects of Malta as a multicultural society;
e. Systematically understand the Social Studies outcomes per year group and per level according to the LOF as well as understand the reasoning behind the distribution of the topics according to 3 sections: geographical, historical and civic;
f. Appreciate the continuation and scaffolding of the way the outcomes are set, knowing that every Social Studies lesson/activity is not within a vacuum but is there as progression from previous topics, as well as progression towards future topics;
g. Observe the way Social Studies content can be presented and applied within the classroom in a variety of ways as it is flexible, relevant and very often fit as a cross-curricular theme;
h. Define school-based assessment strategies.

Skills

The learner will be able to:
a. Associate projects and fieldwork to the Social Studies syllabus;
b. Apply themes from the Social Studies syllabus to students’ everyday life;
c. Comment on topics regarding the three aspects of Social Studies;
d. Devise arguments and discussions prior and following fieldwork of projects presentations;
e. Support students in the design, development and implementation of projects carried out during the scholastic year.