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Australia is a land of many spiritualities and religions. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander spiritualities are at least 65,000 years old, forming part of the oldest continuous cultures on the planet. Since Australia was colonised in the late 18th century, spiritualities and religions have arrived with many different groups of migrants, making this country one of the most multicultural and religiously diverse in the world.
In this subject, teachers and students use one or more ‘big ideas’ to frame inquiry questions; to explore issues, concepts, and ideas; and to reflect on personal and shared meaning within one or more spiritualities and/or religions.
At Stage 2, students engage in reflective analysis in response to stimuli such as guest speakers, documentaries, and excursions, contextualised by one of the six big ideas. They explore a concept or issue from a spiritual and/or religious perspective, and collaborate with others to apply their learning. They engage in reflective practice to evaluate their personal and shared actions.
The Stage 2 Spiritualities, Religion and Meaning course is a 10-credit subject undertaken over the course of the full year.
The course encompasses a selection of the following Big Ideas:
During a teaching, learning and assessment program the teacher makes decisions about the quality of the evidence of student learning against the performance standards, demonstrated through assessments. At the end of the program the teacher uses the performance standards to make a balanced decision about the quality and standard of student’s set of evidence of learning. Students have the opportunity to demonstrate evidence of their learning in Stage 2 Spiritualities, Religion and Meaning through the following assessment types:
School assessment
External assessment
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