Inspiring Students to Take Action

This course will show you how to plan and implement social action in the classroom. In this course you will use a social action lesson from the Dying to Live curriculum package as an example of how you can guide students to create change in their community.

You’ll learn:

• What social action is in a classroom context
• Why social action is important to teaching and learning
• What the benefits of social action are to students
• Where social action fits within the Australian Curriculum
• Steps to implementing social action in the classroom, including problem identification, developing an action question to guide social action planning, and reflecting on and celebrating social action achievements.

This course will take 2 hours to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks.

This course is on-demand and for private study. Learn at your own pace and at times that suit you. Get a certificate when you finish. You will have ongoing access.

• Social Action: Primary and Secondary.
• General capabilities: Personal and Social Capabilities, Critical and Creative Thinking.

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours in the following states and territories:

Proficient Teacher
2.1 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.
2.2 Organise content into coherent, well-sequenced learning and teaching programs.
3.2 Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning.
3.3 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving and critical and creative thinking.

 

This program has been approved for accreditation within the ACT for 2023.
Please be advised you will be accredited within 14 days of completion.  

Krista Nisi is your course teacher and is the Head Writer at Cool Australia, bringing over 15 years of experience working in education, tertiary and local government. She holds a Masters in Environment (Environmental Education) from the University of Melbourne. Krista looks for innovative ways to involve young people in early learning and school education by helping them explore, think about and engage with the world around them.