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How to Teach Ethical Understanding in the Australian Curriculum (V9)

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Course Content

Getting Started

Getting Started

01.

Introduction

02.

Set some learning goals

Introduction to Ethics

Introduction to Ethics

03.

What is ethics?

04.

Why teach ethics?

05.

Values

06.

An ethical dilemma

07.

The answer

08.

Considering students

Australian Curriculum v9

Australian Curriculum v9

09.

Ethics in the curriculum

10.

Changes to the Australian Curriculum

11.

Changes to Ethical Understanding

12.

Ethical Understanding in AC v9.0

13.

Elements of Ethical Understanding

14.

Ethical Understanding learning continuum

Your Teaching

Your Teaching

15.

Fairness in history

16.

Fairness in the classroom

17.

Creating a lesson plan now

18.

Getting your head around what you want to teach

19.

Cool lesson plans

Reflection

Reflection

20.

Reflection

21.

Taxonomy of learning

22.

Suggestions for collaboration

23.

Congratulations

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Hayley Sommeling-Farrugia is an experienced Early Years Educator, Primary School Teacher, and Instructional Designer for Cool. Hayley is an expert at developing content that considers the educational journey from start to finish, as she knows first-hand the experiences, knowledge and challenges of the educators.

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