Exploring different cultural perspectives through two-way teaching
Medina Primary School is a government school located 39km south of the Perth CBD on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk People. The school has an enrolment of 231 students, of whom 28% are Aboriginal. In this illustration of practice, Years 5 and 6 …
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Two-way science at Leonora: investigating the Mamutjitji (antlion) and other invertebrates
Leonora District High School is a Foundation to Year 12 government school located in the remote mining community of Leonora which is 840 kms north-east of Perth in Western Australia on the traditional lands of the Wankatja people. It has an enrolment …
Two-way science at Leonora: investigating the Mamutjitji (antlion) and other invertebrates | Illustrations of practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures | Resources
Learning together through two-way science at Wiluna Remote Community School
Wiluna is situated in the mid-west region of Western Australia on the edge of the Western Desert. Wiluna Remote Community School has a population of between 70 and 105 students. Most students are Wiluna Martu and the Aboriginal language of the area is Martu Wangka. However, most Martu at …
Learning together through two-way science at Wiluna Remote Community School | Illustrations of practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures | Resources
Two-way science at Areyonga: investigating the health of local springs
Areyonga School is a Northern Territory government school located in a remote community 225 km west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory on the traditional lands of the Pitjantjatjara people. It has an enrolment of 50 students, of whom 100% are …
Two-way science at Areyonga: investigating the health of local springs | Illustrations of practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures | Resources
Two-way science at Watiyawanu Kuula: collecting, identifying a classifying local plants and how they survive
Mt Liebig School is a Northern Territory government school located in a remote community 325 km west of Alice Springs on the traditional lands of the Pintupi-Luritja people. It has an enrolment of 60 students, of whom 100% are Aboriginal. The school is …
Two-way science at Watiyawanu Kuula: collecting, identifying a classifying local plants and how they survive | Illustrations of practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures | Resources
Respect matters: Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia
Education about how and why Respect Mattes offers opportunities to include a focus on Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia. For example: Understanding and respecting ourselves and one another Through HPE students can explore and appreciate the diverse …
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School Projects: An Overview
School projects fell into one of two categories: pre-existing, well-tried projects with a defined outcome original projects, designed to appeal to the interests of students or to respond to a particular school or local context. Pre-existing projects …
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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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References & Appendices
Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA) F–10 Curriculum. www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/mathematics/curriculum/f-10 (viewed November 2014) www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/science/curriculum/f-10 (viewed November 2014)www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/technologies/design-and-technologies/curriculum/f-10 (viewed …
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Report Findings: Qualitative Data
Participating schools were asked to report against the project aims as part of their evaluation. This section provides a summary of their responses and outlines additional benefits of the project.
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Interacting description
This sub-element describes how a student becomes increasingly proficient at active listening, strategic and respectful questioning and using language to share information and negotiate meaning and outcomes. Students interact across an increasing range …
Interacting | Speaking and listening | National Literacy Learning Progression | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources
Measuring time description
This sub-element describes how a student becomes increasingly aware of the passage of time. A student appreciates units of time are associated with regularly occurring events, such as the rotation of Earth or the swing of a pendulum. They apply units …
Measuring time | Measurement and geometry | National Numeracy Learning Progression | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources
Hale School
The Hale School took an initiative to assist students to develop strategies to ingrain ways of thinking mathematically into their learning. They took on a focus of problem-based learning and realised, with the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: …
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Multiplicative strategies description
This sub-element describes how a student becomes increasingly able to use multiplicative strategies in computation. The coordination of units multiplicatively involves using the values of one unit applied to each of the units of the other, the multiplier. …
Multiplicative strategies | Number sense and algebra | National Numeracy Learning Progression | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources
Respect matters: Foundation
Typically, in their first year of school, students learn through interactions with others, experimentation, practice and play. This is an opportunity to build social, emotional and thinking skills. Children at this age can play with others to achieve …
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Food and wellbeing: Years 3 and 4
In Years 3 and 4, students develop a sense of self and ownership of their ideas and thinking about their peers and communities and as consumers. They become aware of the role of those working in design and technologies occupations and how they think about …
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Outdoor learning: Years 5 and 6
Students at this stage In Year 5 – 6 students are introduced to outdoor recreation as part of an Australian way of life through stories and direct experience. They develop skills and knowledge to participate safely in outdoor recreation activity and understand …
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Outdoor learning: Years 9 and 10
Students at this stage In these years, students typically develop a deeper understanding of, and reasons for, codes of conduct in outdoor recreation activities. They explore more adventurous activities as a way of exploring self and nature, and apply …
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Outdoor learning: Geography
Geography is a structured way of exploring, analysing and understanding the characteristics of the places that make up our world. Outdoor learning programs provide opportunities for students to learn to question why the world is the way it is, reflect …
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Peg's Creek Primary School
Peg's Creek Primary School is an independent public school, centrally located in the City of Karratha, 1600 km north-west of Perth. The school is a part of the Pilbara Education District and is one of five public primary schools and one Catholic primary …
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