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Inspiring Students to Take Action

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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 Writer

Instructor 1

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.

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