Inspiring Students to Take Action

Inspiring Students to Take Action

  • Cool+
  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Social
  • Social Action
  • ...

Course Summary

This course will show you how to plan and implement social action in the classroom. In this course you will use a social action lesson from the Dying to Live curriculum package as an example of how you can guide students to create change in their community.

You will learn:

  • What social action is in a classroom context.
  • Why social action is important to teaching and learning.
  • What the benefits of social action are to students.
  • Where social action fits within the Australian Curriculum.
  • Steps to implementing social action in the classroom, including problem identification, developing an action question to guide social action planning, and reflecting on and celebrating social action achievements.

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 in the following states and territories:

Proficient Teacher – all states and territories:

  • 2.1 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.
  • 2.2 Organise content into coherent, well-sequenced learning and teaching programs.
  • 3.2 Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning.
  • 3.3 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving and critical and creative thinking.

This course is accredited by TQI for 2 hours of professional development for teachers in the ACT for 2024.

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Course Content

Getting Started

Getting Started

01.
Introduction
02.
Set some learning goals
Understanding Social Action

Understanding Social Action

03.
What is social action?
04.
Why incorporate social action in the classroom?
05.
Social action in the Australian Curriculum
06.
What age is social action appropriate for?
Choosing An Idea For Action

Choosing An Idea For Action

07.
Key terms
08.
Where to begin? Identifying your problem
09.
Framing an action question for your social action
10.
Try it for yourself
11.
Coming up with ideas for social action
12.
Try it for yourself
13.
Other strategies to help think up ideas for action
14.
Choosing and testing your idea
15.
Try it for yourself
Making Your Social Action a Reality

Making Your Social Action a Reality

16.
Planning your social action project
17.
Implementing your project
18.
Reflecting on the success of your project
19.
Teaching tips
20.
Reflection
Your Teaching

Your Teaching

21.
Cool lesson plans
Reflection

Reflection

22.
Taxonomy of learning
23.
Suggestions for collaboration
24.
Congratulations

Course instructor

Krista Nisi is your course teacher and is the Head Writer at Cool Australia, bringing over 15 years of experience working in education, tertiary and local government. She holds a Masters in Environment (Environmental Education) from the University of Melbourne. Krista looks for innovative ways to involve young people in early learning and school education by helping them explore, think about and engage with the world around them.

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 in the following states and territories:

Proficient Teacher – all states and territories:

  • 2.1 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.
  • 2.2 Organise content into coherent, well-sequenced learning and teaching programs.
  • 3.2 Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning.
  • 3.3 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving and critical and creative thinking.

This course is accredited by TQI for 2 hours of professional development for teachers in the ACT for 2024.

What are the curriculum links?

  • Social Action: Primary and Secondary
  • General capabilities: Personal and Social Capabilities, Critical and Creative Thinking.
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