Problem-Based Learning

Content

This subject focuses on building the Australian curriculum's general capabilities and cross-curricular priorities.  General capabilities are best described as the transferrable soft skills that students need to develop to prepare for higher levels of education, the world of work, and life in general.  Students will also learn about the Department for Education’s priorities of:

• Sustainability
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
• Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
• Entrepreneurial thinking

Topics may include:

• Looking after yourself: Personal and social, child protection curriculum
• Sustainability: Ethical understanding, natural and physical world

Each unit will also focus on building literacy, numeracy and information and communication technology skills.

Assessment

This program focuses on building skills in leadership, collaboration, communication, problem-solving, innovative thinking, and planning and organizing.  

Assessments may include:

• Group presentations
• Teamwork checklists
• Peer and self-assessment
• Individual research
• Multimodal presentation

Additional Information