General Capabilities
We are using this pathfinder to meet the learning goals of the following Australian Curriculum General Capabilities:
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability
Students develop ICT capability when they locate, process, analyse and communicate historical information. They use their ICT capability to access a range of digital sources of information; critically analyse evidence and historical trends; communicate, present and represent their learning; and collaborate, discuss and debate to co-construct their knowledge.
Literacy
Students develop literacy capability as they learn how to build historical knowledge and to explore, analyse, question, discuss and communicate historical information, concepts and ideas. Historical texts typically include those that recount a sequence of events, present past events as a narrative, discuss concepts and ideas, and argue a point of view. These texts are often accompanied by graphics such as illustrations, maps, tables and timelines that provide significant information and are supported by references and quotations from primary and secondary sources.
Creative & Critical Thinking
Students explore viewpoints and perspectives in the context of studying history. When investigating the past, sources are incomplete and in this context, both critical and creative modes of thinking are engaged in the construction of an historical explanation using limited evidence. They also provide scope for presenting new and challenging interpretations when difficult or distracting information, newly discovered sources or unsettling recent events contest our familiar understanding of the past and require that this past be reinterpreted.
ACARA (2013). General capabilities in the Australian curriculum. Retrieved from: http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/
NSW Board of Studies. (2013). Nsw syllabuses for the australian curriculum: History k-10 syllabus. Sydney: NSW Board of Studies. Retrieved from http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability
Students develop ICT capability when they locate, process, analyse and communicate historical information. They use their ICT capability to access a range of digital sources of information; critically analyse evidence and historical trends; communicate, present and represent their learning; and collaborate, discuss and debate to co-construct their knowledge.
Literacy
Students develop literacy capability as they learn how to build historical knowledge and to explore, analyse, question, discuss and communicate historical information, concepts and ideas. Historical texts typically include those that recount a sequence of events, present past events as a narrative, discuss concepts and ideas, and argue a point of view. These texts are often accompanied by graphics such as illustrations, maps, tables and timelines that provide significant information and are supported by references and quotations from primary and secondary sources.
Creative & Critical Thinking
Students explore viewpoints and perspectives in the context of studying history. When investigating the past, sources are incomplete and in this context, both critical and creative modes of thinking are engaged in the construction of an historical explanation using limited evidence. They also provide scope for presenting new and challenging interpretations when difficult or distracting information, newly discovered sources or unsettling recent events contest our familiar understanding of the past and require that this past be reinterpreted.
ACARA (2013). General capabilities in the Australian curriculum. Retrieved from: http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/
NSW Board of Studies. (2013). Nsw syllabuses for the australian curriculum: History k-10 syllabus. Sydney: NSW Board of Studies. Retrieved from http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/
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