Report Findings: Benefits & Challenges
Many teachers commented on the unanticipated benefits for their students from their involvement in the STEM Connections project. The development of general capabilities, such as Critical and Creative Thinking, and Personal and Social Capability, was overwhelmingly …
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Outdoor learning: Literacy
Outdoor learning can support the development of literacy by introducing specific terminology used in outdoor contexts. Students understand the language used to describe aspects of the outdoors, maps, products, resources, information and services. They …
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Respect matters: Intercultural Understanding
Intercultural understanding involves learning about and engaging with diverse cultures in ways that recognise commonalities and differences, create connections with others and cultivate mutually respectful relationships. Students reflect on and to take …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 1e (Foundation Year)
Typically, by the end of Foundation Year, students: Identify and clarify information and ideas identify and describe familiar information and ideas during a discussion or investigation Organise and process information gather similar information …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 2 (Years 1 and 2)
Typically, by the end of Year 2, students: Identify and clarify information and ideas identify and explore information and ideas from source materials Organise and process information organise information based on similar or relevant ideas from several …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 3 (Years 3 and 4)
Typically, by the end of Year 4, students: Identify and clarify information and ideas identify main ideas and select and clarify information from a range of sources Organise and process information collect, compare and categorise facts and opinions …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 4 (Years 5 and 6)
Typically, by the end of Year 6, students: Identify and clarify information and ideas identify and clarify relevant information and prioritise ideas Organise and process information analyse, condense and combine relevant information from multiple …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 1e (Foundation Year)
Typically, by the end of Foundation Year, students: Pose questions pose factual and exploratory questions based on personal interests and experiences Imagine possibilities and connect ideas use imagination to view or create things in new ways and …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 2 (Years 1 and 2)
Typically, by the end of Year 2, students: Pose questions pose questions to identify and clarify issues, and compare information in their world Imagine possibilities and connect ideas build on what they know to create ideas and possibilities in ways …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 3 (Years 3 and 4)
Typically, by the end of Year 4, students: Pose questions pose questions to expand their knowledge about the world Imagine possibilities and connect ideas expand on known ideas to create new and imaginative combinations Consider alternatives explore …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 4 (Years 5 and 6)
Typically, by the end of Year 6, students: Pose questions pose questions to clarify and interpret information and probe for causes and consequences Imagine possibilities and connect ideas combine ideas in a variety of ways and from a range of sources …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Pose questions pose questions to probe assumptions and investigate complex issues Imagine possibilities and connect ideas draw parallels between known and new ideas to create new ways of achieving goals Consider …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Foundation Year
Reflecting on thinking and processes connect information from one setting to another use information from a previous experience to inform a new idea Analysing, synthesising and evaluating reasoning and procedures share their thinking about possible …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Years 1 and 2
Reflecting on thinking and processes connect information from one setting to another use information from a previous experience to inform a new idea
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Years 3 and 4
Reflecting on thinking and processes transfer and apply information in one setting to enrich another Analysing, synthesising and evaluating reasoning and procedures identify alternative courses of action or possible conclusions when presented with …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Years 5 and 6
Reflecting on thinking and processes apply knowledge gained from one context to another unrelated context and identify new meaning Analysing, synthesising and evaluating reasoning and procedures draw on prior knowledge and use evidence when choosing …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Years 7 and 8
Reflecting on thinking and processes justify reasons for decisions when transferring information to similar and different contexts Analysing, synthesising and evaluating reasoning and procedures differentiate the components of a designed course …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Years 9 and 10
Reflecting on thinking and processes identify, plan and justify transference of knowledge to new contexts Analysing, synthesising and evaluating reasoning and procedures use logical and abstract thinking to analyse and synthesise complex information …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Foundation
Inquiring – identifying, exploring, and organising information and ideas Identify and describe familiar information and ideas during a discussion or investigation Gather similar information or depictions from given sources Analysing, synthesising and …
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Critical and Creative Thinking - Years 1 and 2
Inquiring – identifying, exploring, and organising information and ideas Identify and explore information and ideas from source materials Organise information based on similar or relevant ideas from several sources Analysing, synthesising and evaluating …
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