Organising Idea – sustainability: Systems General Capability – Critical and Creative Thinking: Generativing ideas, possibilities and actions. Lesson Overview In small groups or pairs students will create an eco-friendly art installation using recycles and sustainable materials. Based off the works of Stephanie Kilgast and Guerra de la Paz, who use recycled or found objects for […]
Considerations It is first important to acknowledge that whilst both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are Indigenous Peoples, they have their own separate identities in terms of history, geographical, and cultural (Bobongie-Harris, 2021). A central part of their identity is their deep connection to Country, or the land, which profoundly influences their knowledge systems and […]
Future-Ready Pedagogy To foster future-ready students who can navigate through a world characterised as volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) students need to develop imagination, resilience, curiosity, and self-regulation (Systems Innovation, 2015. A key pedagogical strategy to support students in developing these skills is through inquiry-based learning, as it cultivates active learners who are participates […]
I recognise that as an educational professional, I am required to undertake continued professional development (CPD) (Queensland Collage of Teachers, 2017), which can be teacher identified, formal and informal, yet relevant to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL, 2017). I believe that professional development should be an everyday occurrence, not a one-off special event. […]
As a preservice teacher, I was exposed to a wide variety of evolving pedagogical beliefs and teaching strategies, including HITS (DETV, 2019) known to increase student learning outcomes (Hattie, 2009). These strategies instantly resonated with me and I utilised them to target my teaching (Goss et al., 2015) throughout my final practicum placements, planning explicit, […]
