Course Description
This course will help you identify and incorporate different approaches to the General Capability: Ethical Understanding into your everyday teaching practice. You’ll learn:
- What ethics and ethical issues could look like in a classroom context.
- Why ethical understanding is important for 21st Century teaching and learning.
- Where ethical understanding fits within the Australian Curriculum.
- Approaches to teaching ethical understanding, including: Teaching ethical principles and applying ethical principles to ethical issues; Developing values criteria and applying them to situations; Identifying, evaluating and reflecting for ethical understanding This course was developed by Cool Australia.
Many thanks to Aquarius Productions and Intrinsic Story for their support in the creation of this online course. We would also like to acknowledge the generous contributions of GoodPitch² Australia, Shark Island Institute, and Documentary Australia Foundation.
Target Audience
Secondary Teachers
Teaching Standards
2.1.2 Proficient Level - Know the content and how to teach it - Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area: Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.
2.2.2 Proficient Level - Know the content and how to teach it - Content selection and organisation: Organise content into coherent, well-sequenced learning and teaching programs.
3.2.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Plan, structure and sequence learning programs: Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning.
3.3.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Use teaching strategies: Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking
Are you in NSW? If so, this is relevant for you
This course may contribute towards Elective PD hours. Visit https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au for more details.