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Exploring General Capabilities: Ethical Understanding

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Course Summary

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Course Content

Getting Started

Getting Started

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Introduction

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Background to ethics

03.

Set some learning goals

Ethical Understanding in the Australian Curriculum

Ethical Understanding in the Australian Curriculum

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What is ethics?

05.

A world without ethics

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What is an ethical issue?

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General Capability: Ethical Understanding

Approaches to Teaching Ethical Understanding

Approaches to Teaching Ethical Understanding

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Teaching ethical principles

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Applying ethical principles

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Values criteria and ethical understanding

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Applying values criteria

12.

Ethical understanding as a three-part process

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Guiding questions of the three-part process

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Try it yourself

15.

Teaching tips

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Reflection

Ethical Understanding in Action

Ethical Understanding in Action

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Cool lesson plans

Reflection

Reflection

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Taxonomy of learning

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Congratulations

Course Writer

Instructor 1

Gabrielle Munro has worked in the education sector for over 12 years as a classroom teacher and tertiary educator of pre-service teachers. Gabrielle loves working with teachers to develop practical teaching skills while challenging them to think creatively about how best to teach their students.

Instructor 2

Sam Charlotte is a secondary English and Humanities teacher with over 4 years of classroom and student management experience. Sam left the classroom in 2014 to have a wider impact on Australian students. She joined The Foundation for Young Australians then Cool.org where she excelled in pedagogical application and curriculum design. She currently works in special needs education. Sam is passionate about the creation of innovative and practical resources for teachers to engage and inspire students.

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