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Relevant
Documents
The
SOSE Statement
The
SOSE Profile
The
SOSE Planning Grid
The
SOSE Statement
A Statement on Studies of Society and Environment for Australian Schools
provides a framework for curriculum development. The Statement, which
is the result of national collaboration, provides teachers with a
foundation for courses that will meet students' needs. It reflects
advances in understanding both of SOSE and of how students learn.
Underpinning the Statement are the core groups of values of social
justice, democratic process and ecological sustainability. These values
are crucial if students are to become active, informed and responsible
citizens.
The Statement
organises the learning area into six strands: Time
Continuity and Change, Place and Space, Culture, Resources, Natural
and Social Systems and Investigation, Communication and Participation.
The Statement also describes the six strands more fully as they
apply to the four bands of - Band A lower primary, Band B upper primary,
Band C junior secondary, and Band D, the post-compulsory years of
schooling.
The SOSE Profile
The SOSE Profile describes the progression of learning typically achieved
by students. It is designed to assist teaching and learning and to
provide a framework for reporting student achievement.
The Profile
outlines a suggested pathway of student learning outcomes over eight
levels, for each strand. The outcomes
in each strand are grouped under three strand-organisers or sub-strands.
The SOSE Planning Grid
The SOSE Planning Grid brings together, in poster form, the strands,
values, perspectives, and essential learnings outlined in the SOSE
Statement. These elements are incorporated on a matrix, which allows
concepts and key ideas from the strands to be considered in the light
of the perspectives and values, through lenses called organisers.
The links are created by socially critical questions.
SOSE Planning Grid
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