Week 2: ACARA, General Capabilities, & Cross-Curriculum Priorities.

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Sunderland, T (2022) Home Economics. Infogram.com


Home Economics & ACARA

Home Economics falls under the Design and Technologies strand within the Technologies Learning Area.  The technology contexts are Food and Fibre Production and Food Specialisation. 





General Capabilities


The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) has 7 distinct general capabilities designed to equip students with 21st century skills.

* Literacy * Numeracy * ICT Capability * Critical and Creative Thinking *
*Personal and Social Capabilities * Ethical Understanding * Intercultural Understanding

"In the Australian Curriculum, capability encompasses knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions. Students develop capability when they apply knowledge and skills confidently, effectively and appropriately in complex and changing circumstances, in their learning at school and in their lives outside school"
(Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2017).


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Adapted from General Capabilities. ACARA (2017) 
 

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Cross-Curricular Priorities

"The Australian Curriculum is designed to meet the needs of students by delivering a relevant, contemporary and engaging curriculum that builds on the educational goals of the Melbourne Declaration"

(Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2017).

The Melbourne Declaration identified these 3 areas which are taught within individual learning areas. 

* Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture * 
* Asia and Australia's Engagement  with Asia* 
* Sustainability *

They give added depth to local, national and global issues and the opportunity to open up avenues of conversation and activism. It also gives the students the ability to view the differences between themselves living in Australia and those living around the world. 


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Curriculum Connections

"The curriculum connections resources allow educators to draw connections across the dimensions of the Australian Curriculum on various conceptual themes. Curriculum connections resources have been developed for the following:"

 * Consumer and financial literacy * Food and fibre * Food and wellbeing *
* Multimedia * Online safety * Outdoor learning * Respect matters *

The curriculum connection themes are to provide themes for Foundation to Year 10. These additional pathways allow students to deepen their knowledge and understanding of authentic real-world topics that affect them directly or indirectly.


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Incorporating the Priorities into my Pedagogy


Numeracy

Link


I would utilise numeracy into my pedagogy as this is an important life skill. Textile technologies offers the students authentic learning experiences around mathematic skill. By allowing students to follow an open design brief, students will freely utilise their maths skills.

  • Drawing 3D diagrams
  • Accurate technical diagrams which are labelled
  • Proportioned and scaled drawings
  • Calculate, measure and estimate whilst conducting their design brief
  • Test, evaluate, and refine design brief material
  • Follow a sequence of construction
  • Geometry, fractions, simple numbers
  • Interpret diagrams and tables



Sustainability

Sustainability can be introduced in an open design brief, where students can be introduced initially to the topic, then they can peruse their own learning. ICT tools can be utilised as resources within the classroom.

Pinterest: Shagun Jain

Website: Whay is fast fashion bad?

Blog: Sustain your style

Infographic: Fast facts on fashion

Sway: template for fast fashion which can be populated by the teacher depending on the explicit teaching session. Students can also create their own Sway as an assessment or research tool utilising this template or by creating their own.

Flipgrid: I would compose a research question in flipgrid. Students can upload their answers in any multimedia format (text, audio, video, animation, imagery). This will suit different learning styles. Peers can collaborate and provide feedback on all the class entries. As the teacher I can monitor all interactions and view progress and identfy any gaps in knowledge.


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