Passion-led Learning: Group Passion Project

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• adaptability
• creativity
• critical thinking
• communication
• community engagement
• curiosity
• initiative
• problem solving
• prototyping
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:

Critical and Creative Thinking (Years 8 -10)

• Inquiring 
• Generating
• Analysing
• Reflecting

Personal and Social Capability (Years 8 -10)

• Self-awareness
• Self-management
• Social awareness
• Social management

UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

• Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development

• Passion Profile template
• Objects to use as tokens (such as small plastic discs or blocks)
• Butchers paper

This lesson uses The Passion Toolkit, developed by our partner Australian Learning Lecture (ALL). ALL acts as a hub and a catalyst, working with the world’s leading knowledge shapers to drive impact in key areas of education and the need for change.

This lesson is informed by a series of 3 Professional Learning Courses on Passion-led Learning - see the following Courses 

• Establishing Passion-led Learning
• Setting Up a Passion Profile
• Acting on the Passion Profile