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 ‘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.
The Stage 1 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:
At Stage 1 assessment is school-based. 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 1 Spiritualities, Religion and Meaning through the following assessment types:
Assessment Type 1: Representations
Assessment Type 2: Connections
Assessment Type 3: Issues investigation
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