Link to KLAs
7
References
ACARA (2013). General capabilities | ACARA. Retrieved May 22, 2014, from http://www.acara.edu.au/curriculum/general_capabilities.html
Australian Curriculum. (2014). Ethical Understanding. Retrieved (2014) from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/Pdf/Ethical- understanding
Australian Curriculum (n.d.). The Australian Curriculum v6.0 Ethical understanding - Introduction. Retrieved May 22, 2014, from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/ethical-understanding/introduction/introduction
Australian Curriculum (n.d.). The Australian Curriculum v6.0 Ethical understanding - Learning continuum. Retrieved May 23, 2014, from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/ethical-understanding/Continuum#page=1
Inter Trauma Nexus. (2011). General Definitions. Retrieved (2014) from http://www.itn.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=58
Weinstein, A. (2009, September 9). Ethics in the Classroom: What You Need to Know | Education.com. Retrieved May 22, 2014, from http://www.education.com/magazine/article/cheating-ethics/
Students study a variety of different texts and the ethical dilemmas that are present within these texts. The characters that are present (books, movies etc.) are usually faced with everyday problems so that students may compare their own ethical behaviour with their counterpart’s. Students use reasoning, compassion and personal opinion to judge whether the characters present within the texts have a sensible ethical position.
“Students develop ethical understanding as they identify and investigate the nature of ethical concepts, values, character traits and principles, and understand how reasoning can assist ethical judgment” (Australian Curriculum, n.d.). Students develop their ethical understanding by critically assessing events of the past. Students recognize how ethics have shaped history and how they continue to transform human affairs.
Students develop their ethical understanding by reviewing what influence their values and behaviours have on others. “Students develop the capacity to form and make ethical judgments in relation to experimental science, codes of practice, and the use of scientific information and science applications” (Australian Curriculum, n.d.). Students explore what integrity in science means. Students consider the implications their experiments or explorations may have on others, the environment and other organisms. “They use scientific information to evaluate claims and to inform ethical decisions about a range of social, environmental and personal issues, for example, land use or the treatment of animals” (Australian Curriculum, n.d.).
Students have a chance to explore a range of different contexts within mathematics when it comes to ethical behaviour. Analysing sets of data and measurements are just the beginning. Comparing different claims and false mathematical accusations are both also ways to incorporate ethics into mathematics.
English
Science
Mathematics
History