Second Story: Co-Designing Country as Teacher Units of Work G (12010.1)

Following their own direct experiences of Country as Teacher through a Relating with Country practice, participating teachers will then discuss ways such experiences might be regularly worked into teaching and learning for their school students. They will collaboratively co-design units of work for student cohorts, including opportunities for their school students to develop their Relating with Country practice thus experiencing Country as Teacher, and for student-led inquiry-based curriculum. This co-design will also include the collaborative development of formative and summative assessment items.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Understand and articulate the value of Relating with Country practice and Country as Teacher experiences for all students, including the enhancement of personal, social and ecological wellbeing;
2. Work cooperatively and collaboratively as part of a team to co-design Country as Teacher units of work for student cohorts, including Country as Teacher curriculum sequences, Country as Teacher pedagogy and formative and summative assessment items; and
3. Understand and articulate the value (for self and others) of collaborative co-design processes for curriculum development and enactment.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

12009 First Story: Relating with Country Practice G

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.