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• Intercultural Capability: Levels 7 and 8 achievement standards

  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

• VCICCD008

  Identify how understandings between culturally diverse groups can be encouraged and achieved

  Elaborations

  • reflecting on the impact of own values and cultural practices on intercultural experiences, and understanding the importance of mutual and self-respect
  • exploring common or stereotypical reactions in imagined intercultural scenarios, such as when offered the opportunity to eat insects, and encouraging exploration of the boundaries of students own cultural values
  • explaining sister cities/sister schools or student exchange programs and exploring why these have been instigated
  • exploring a range of strategies to support understanding differences, such as not jumping to conclusions, emphasising similarities rather than differences, or modelling ways that students can respectfully disagree
  • demonstrating a willingness to understand different perspectives by asking honest, unbiased questions

  VCICCD008 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Cultural Diversity

• VCICCD011

  Identify barriers to and means of reaching understandings within and between culturally diverse groups

  Elaborations

  • exploring language variation within Australia, such as the different terms for a swimming costume (togs, cozzies or swimmers), or the practice of using diminutives, such as Aussie (Australian), sanga (sandwich) and footy (football)
  • exploring potential barriers to intercultural understanding, language for example, and discussing possible ways to address or reduce barriers, such as Government agencies using translation services including Auslan and closed captioning
  • brainstorming a list of questions students might ask a student in another country, and then identifying whether any of the questions may be uncomfortable for the person asking or responding
  • using a current global issue to investigate a range of positive and negative cultural stereotypes and generalisations and identifying how they can be challenged
  • exploring the view of Australia as a successful multicultural country and discussing potential impacts of the strengthening or weakening of this view, for example, events that help to foster inclusiveness or that may trigger an increase in racial intolerance

  VCICCD011 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Cultural Diversity

• VCICCD016

  Evaluate the ways in which the community demonstrates the value it places on cultural diversity, and why this valuing of cultural diversity is important to the community

  Elaborations

  • exploring how councils or Governments support community commemorations and celebrations, such as Chinese New Year
  • identifying buildings or spaces that are used for cultural gatherings/meeting or religious purposes, such as libraries, theatres, community halls, prayer rooms, churches and mosques
  • discussing the ways in which different community members participate in events held across the year, such as annual fairs and music events, or by looking into the services or programs offered at libraries, in your local paper or within the school
  • using Australian Bureau of Statistics census data to create a presentation that tracks changes to the cultural composition in the local community over time and use an online service such as Trove (National Library of Australia) to uncover images or newspaper articles to include in the presentation
  • asking students to imagine they are coordinating a local event and to outline the steps they would take to show the value placed on including culturally diverse community members

  VCICCD016 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 7 and 8 | Cultural Diversity

• Intercultural Capability: Foundation to Level 2 description

  From Foundation to Level 2, the curriculum focus is on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to enable students to learn about cultures in their immediate world. For students at Foundation to level 2, learning typically focuses on their immediate family, home, school and friends....

  Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability

• Intercultural Capability: Levels 9 and 10 description

  In Levels 9 and 10, the curriculum focus is on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to engage in complex discussions about interrelationships within and between cultures. This includes the less tangible aspects of culture such as values, attitudes, roles, religious beliefs and ways...

  Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability

• VCICCB006

  Describe what they have learnt about themselves and others from intercultural experiences including a critical perspective on and respect for their own and others cultures

  Elaborations

  • examining the similarities and differences between their cultural practices and those of young people in a place outside Australia and discussing what it would be like to live in these places
  • asking students to describe an intercultural experience or event and prompting students to explore an intercultural experience or event from different perspectives
  • questioning students about their experience in a role-play, modelled or real-life situation which included an intercultural experience: were they excited, challenged, comfortable, curious?
  • exploring the different meanings of the national anthem, Waltzing Matilda and I am Australian or comparing the meanings associated with a range of national anthems from different countries
  • comparing different cultural norms that demonstrate respect, such as when using public transport, at religious events or in relation to grandparents

  VCICCB006 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Cultural Practices

• Intercultural Capability: Levels 3 and 4 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum focuses is on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to enable students to learn about culture relevant to their social world of family, home, school, friends and neighbourhood. This includes cultural practices such as choice of food, clothing or...

  Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability

• Intercultural Capability: Levels 7 and 8 description

  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

• Intercultural Capability: Levels 5 and 6 description

  In Levels 5 and 6, the curriculum focus is on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to enable students to learn about diverse cultural practices and beliefs and how they compare with their own. This includes religious beliefs, traditional celebrations, family relationships, gender...

  Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability

• VCICCD007

  Explain the role of cultural traditions in the development of personal, group and national identities

  Elaborations

  • asking students to brainstorm what they know about their own cultural traditions and prompt them with questions, for example, Where do their traditions come from? How might their traditions have changed over time?
  • exploring Australian symbols, such as wattle, the colours green and gold, or the different flora and fauna emblems, and identifying public events when these are used
  • discussing the role of food traditions and cultural identity, for example, Anzac biscuits, hot cross buns, moon cakes, and ask students to identify traditions in relation to their own family, or those that are part of a national identity
  • comparing how significant events are marked in different cultures, for example, starting or graduating school, marriage traditions or national holidays, and identify aspects of these events in relation to visible and invisible cultural elements

  VCICCD007 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Cultural Diversity

• VCICCB018

  Analyse the ways in which intercultural relationships and experiences have contributed to the development of attitudes, beliefs and behaviours, and how they are manifested in various contexts

  Elaborations

  • using a range of scenarios to hold a student-led discussion about factors that may impact intercultural experiences, for example, welcoming visitors to your home, international adoption, or international aide relations between countries
  • comparing the underpinning assumptions of different national migration policies, for example, by contrasting the White Australia Policy with multicultural policy settings
  • exploring whether there are similarities in the experiences of successive waves of migrants to Australia
  • unpacking the different perspectives cultural groups may hold, for example, the contested usage of ‘Australian/UnAustralian’
  • using episodes of a television show to explore differences in attitudes, such as the SBS show ‘Go Back To Where You Came From’

  VCICCB018 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 9 and 10 | Cultural Practices

• VCICCB013

  Analyse the dynamic nature of own and others cultural practices in a range of contexts

  Elaborations

  • examining how a similar cultural practice can be expressed differently in other contexts, for example, compare the celebration of Christmas in commercial, cultural and religious contexts
  • analysing how a range of different cultural practices developed and how they may have changed, for example, comparing women’s roles over the past hundred years at home and at work, exploring changing influences of technology in popular music, discussing changes to religious observance, such as eating fish on Friday
  • exploring why people want to preserve their cultural practices, including linguistic, artistic and culinary traditions and investigating an example of cultural preservation
  • discussing possible consequences when cultural practices are not maintained, for example, changes to language practices in successive generations of migrant communities
  • exploring cultural issues in historical contexts such as the impact of a dominant culture, language, belief or legal system, for example during the Columbian Exchange

  VCICCB013 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 7 and 8 | Cultural Practices

• Capabilities | Intercultural Capability: Rationale and Aims

  The VCAA has published the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0. To view the curriculum, familiarisation resources and support material, go to the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 website.
  
  Go to the VCAA website to explore the timeline for familiarisation and implementation of...

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• VCICCB010

  Explain how intercultural experiences can influence beliefs and behaviours, including developing a critical perspective on and respect for their own and others cultures

  Elaborations

  • using a range of overseas and national travel brochures to discuss different ideas about travel, including the notion that travel broadens peoples horizons, and create a list of reasons how and why Australians travel
  • creating a class list of what having an ‘open mind’ might look like and why it may be useful during intercultural experiences, such as in scenarios like student exchanges or overseas travel
  • exploring the meaning of terms such as tolerance, respect and acceptance and discussing a range of ways to show respect for different cultural practices
  • discussing how body language and gestures can influence communication and describing differences in meanings attached to body language and gestures in different cultures, such as giving a ‘thumbs up’, bowing or pointing

  VCICCB010 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Cultural Practices

• Capabilities | Intercultural Capability: Learning in Intercultural Capability

  The Intercultural capability curriculum focuses on learning about cultural understandings and practices. Students examine, reflect on and challenge assumptions, stereotypes and prejudices and explore how intercultural experiences can influence and change attitudes and beliefs.

  Students apply...

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• VCICCD012

  Examine and discuss the variety of ways in which people understand and appreciate differing cultural values and perspectives, and the things which promote or inhibit effective engagement with diverse cultural groups

  Elaborations

  • examining laws that help to ensure that cultural difference is not a barrier to inclusion in society, for example, the Racial Discrimination Act 1975
  • discussing ways in which the school incorporates multicultural, anti-racism, and human rights perspectives into school practices, for example through inclusive classroom practices
  • exploring ways that people can gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of other cultural customs, for example, through historical sources, language learning, travelling abroad, art works or music
  • using a peer-to-peer interview to explore student understandings about how cultural institutions, such as museums or galleries, present different cultural perspectives
  • providing opportunities for students to explore and reflect on their learning about different cultural groups through journal prompts, such as ‘One interesting thing I now know is that…’ and ‘I am still curious about…’ and ‘One way I could satisfy my curiosity would be to…’

  VCICCD012 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Cultural Diversity

• Intercultural Capability: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students demonstrate an understanding of how beliefs and practices can be influenced by culture and explain how intercultural experiences can influence beliefs and behaviours.

  Students identify the barriers to and means of reaching understandings within and between culturally...

  Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 5 and 6

• Capabilities | Intercultural Capability: Structure

  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...

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• Capabilities | Intercultural Capability: Scope and Sequence

  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...

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