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Construct relevant learning experiences that connect with the world beyond school

Descriptor | Statements | Underpinning knowledge and skills

Descriptor

This standard covers the requirements for planning and implementing learning experiences that build on students' prior knowledge, life experiences and interests; establish linkages between key curriculum areas; and make connections between school programs and the world beyond the school.

Statements

4.1	Devise learning goals and learning experiences that build on students' prior knowledge, life experiences and interests.
4.2	Engage students in learning experiences that integrate ideas, concepts and information across curriculum areas.
4.3	Provide learning experiences that establish connections with the world beyond the classroom.
4.4	Develop learning experiences that involve students in examining study, work and leisure in the future.
4.5	Design learning experiences that foster personal initiative and enterprise.

Further details of statements and related indicators can be found in the Professional Standards for Teachers: Guidelines for Professional Practice (new window) 495k

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Underpinning knowledge and skills

This aspect of professional practice is informed by a knowledge and understanding of:

policies and documents developed by Education Queensland (including Department of Education Manual), and the school, on vocational education and training, pathways for students, enterprise education, full service schools;
relevant curriculum frameworks, syllabuses and program documents;
an outcomes approach to education;
productive pedagogies;
child and adolescent development theories;
relevant phases of learning (Early Years, Middle Phase, Senior phase)
strategies for identifying students' learning styles, interests, prior learning, and life experiences;
strategies for locating community resources and incorporating them in school programs;
content area and trans-disciplinary knowledge;
strategies for integrating concepts across key curriculum areas;
the changing nature of work, workforce patterns and leisure;
practices and processes of lifelong learning;
processes for transferring knowledge;
concepts and strategies relevant to enterprise education;
strategies for incorporating current local, national and global issues in school programs;
the design, planning, implementation, documentation and review of learning experiences.

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