In Levels 7 and 8, the curriculum focus is on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to reflect on how cultural practices and beliefs contributes to individual, group and national identities. This includes religious beliefs, traditional celebrations and customs, social relationships...
Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability
In Levels 7 and 8, the curriculum focuses on emotional self-management and the ability to recognise the characteristics of respectful relationships in a range of contexts. Students learn about personal values and how they may differ. The curriculum provides opportunities for students to demonstrate...
Level description | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability
In Levels 7 and 8, the curriculum focuses on developing the knowledge, skills and understanding to analyse thinking and the selection and application of a range of techniques to support effective thinking. Students learn strategies to assist them synthesise their thinking. Students develop an...
Level description | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking
In Levels 7 and 8, the curriculum focuses on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to explore the tensions related to ethical concepts and decision making. Students extend their exploration of the two major ways to approach ethical deliberation – thinking about consequences...
Level description | Capabilities | Ethical Capability
Critical and Creative Thinking is organised into three interrelated strands: Questions and Possibilities, Reasoning and Meta-Cognition.
| Strands | Questions and Possibilities | Reasoning | Meta-Cognition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explore the nature of questioning and a range of processes and techniques to develop ideas | Explore... |
Overview material | Critical and Creative Thinking
The curriculum consists of two strands: Understanding Concepts and Decision Making and Actions.
| Strands | Understanding Concepts | Decision Making and Actions |
|---|---|---|
Students explore:
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Overview material | Ethical Capability
The Personal and Social Capability curriculum is organised into two interrelated strands: Self-Awareness and Management and Social Awareness and Management.
Each strand contains content descriptions that are organised in sub-strands.
| Strands | Self-Awareness and Management | Social Awareness... |
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Overview material | Personal and Social Capability
Intercultural Capability is organised into two interrelated strands: Cultural Practices and Cultural Diversity.
| Strands | Cultural Practices | Cultural Diversity |
|---|---|---|
| This strand involves students in describing, observing and analysing characteristics of their own cultural identities and those... |
Overview material | Intercultural Capability
A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):
Includes general advice and information...
Overview material | Critical and Creative Thinking
A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):
Includes general advice and information...
Overview material | Ethical Capability
A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):
Includes general advice and information...
Overview material | Intercultural Capability
A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):
Includes general advice and information...
Overview material | Personal and Social Capability
In Level A, the curriculum focuses on enabling students to react and engage with and to be socially receptive to others. Students show emotions when reacting to people and events they experience. Students begin to develop an understanding of themselves and their needs. The curriculum provides...
Level description | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability
The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse needs...
Overview material | Critical and Creative Thinking
The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse needs...
Overview material | Ethical Capability
The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse needs...
Overview material | Intercultural Capability
The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse needs...
Overview material | Personal and Social Capability
In Levels 5 and 6, the curriculum focuses on developing the knowledge, skills and understanding to test the strength of thinking. Students develop their capacity to deliberately manage their thinking. Students explore common errors that can occur in thinking.
Level description | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking
By the end of Level 8, students explain different ways ethical concepts are represented and analyse their value to society, identifying areas of contestability. They articulate how criteria can be applied to determine the importance of ethical concerns.
Students analyse the differences in principles...
Level description | Capabilities | Ethical Capability | Levels 7 and 8
By the end of Level 8, students explain how cultural practices may change over time in a range of contexts. They understand how cultural groups can be represented, and comment on the effects of these representations.
Students understand the challenges and benefits of living and working in culturally...
Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 7 and 8
