Ethical Understanding in the Australian Curriculum v9

Ethical Understanding in the Australian Curriculum v9

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Course summary

This course will explore how to teach the General Capability of Ethical Understanding as of version 9 of the Australian Curriculum.

You will learn:

  • what Ethical Understanding involves
  • how Ethical Understanding fits into the Australian Curriculum as a General Capability
  • how ethics is ever-present in our lives
  • how to incorporate ethics into your regular teaching.

Course time:

This course will take you 2 hours to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your personal dashboard.

Accreditation:

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours at the following levels:

Proficient Teacher – all states and territories except NSW and ACT:

  • 2.3 Design and implement learning and teaching programs using knowledge of curriculum, assessment and reporting requirements.

This course is not currently accredited in the ACT (TQI) or NSW (NESA). However, it can be counted towards teacher identified learning hours (ACT) or NESA PD elective hours (NSW).

 

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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

Course Instructors

Hayley Sommeling-Farrugia is an education nerd. She assigned herself extra subjects in high school and threw herself into subjects like Linguistics and Latin once at uni. Once she has an idea, she professionally roles with it, making her a big ball of educational knowledge and experience. Hayley is an experienced Swimming Teacher, Early Years Education Teacher, Primary School Teacher and has experience ranging from teaching inclusive practices, primary school French, to a term of high school Photography, somehow. This experience of crashing into new areas of education and diving deep to become as knowledgeable as possible in them all, has made Hayley an asset in developing content that considers the educational journey from start to finish, as she knows first-hand the experiences and knowledge and challenges of the educators.  

Jarryd Bendall comes from a long line of teachers, which is why he initially avoided this calling. Jarryd taught in primary school settings for a number of years, before combining his love for writing and education at an Education Specialist role with Cool.org. This role sees him as a bridge between knowledgeable industry experts and classroom teachers, bringing excellence into the classroom and challenging the average curriculum with innovative and effective ideas.

Jarryd will be on hand to answer any questions and help you navigate this course.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long will this take to complete?

This course will take you 2 hours to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your personal dashboard.

Will I get proof of completion?

You will get a Cool.org certificate when you finish, which you can access any time via your personal dashboard, it will also be sent to you by email.

Is this course accredited?

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours at the following levels:

Proficient Teacher – all states and territories except NSW and ACT:

  • 2.3 Design and implement learning and teaching programs using knowledge of curriculum, assessment and reporting requirements.

This course is not currently accredited in the ACT (TQI) or NSW (NESA). However, it can be counted towards teacher identified learning hours (ACT) or NESA PD elective hours (NSW).

What are the curriculum links?

  • General capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, Ethical Understanding
  • Cross curriculum priorities: Sustainability
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