Construct inclusive and participatory learning experiences
Descriptor | Statements | Underpinning knowledge and skills
This standard covers the requirements for designing and implementing learning experiences that are inclusive, acknowledge and value difference, and enable students to demonstrate personal, group and community responsibility.
| 5.1 | Design and implement learning experiences that acknowledge, and cater for, individual learning differences. |
| 5.2 | Design and implement learning experiences that are inclusive and that recognise and celebrate difference. |
| 5.3 | Design and implement learning experiences in which students participate in decision making and active citizenship. |
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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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:
- principles of inclusive curriculum
- cultural and linguistic diversity
- anti-racism
- gender equity
- students with disabilities
- students who are gifted and talented
- students with learning difficulties
- health and safety
- child protection
- managing behaviour in a supportive school environment
- human relationships education;
- impact on learning of the full range of diversity in the school and broader community;
- barriers to learning;
- the impact of discrimination and injustice on learning;
- the impact of gender on learning;
- cultural differences and identity;
- an outcomes approach to education;
- Productive Pedagogies
- student management theories and strategies consistent with Education Queensland's and the school's policies, and the appropriate application of these theories and strategies;
- current social structures and issues;
- negotiation skills and culturally appropriate ways of applying these;
- group dynamics theory;
- collaborative skills;
- school decision-making processes;
- methods of identifying students' needs, abilities, interests, and prior knowledge and experiences;
- content area and transdisciplinary knowledge;
- the design, planning, implementation, documentation and review of learning experiences;
- criteria for selecting learning resources;
- support services and resources provided by professionals and paraprofessionals.
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