Australian Technologies Curriculum

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Australian Technologies Curriculum by Mind Map: Australian Technologies Curriculum

1. Curriculum Aims and Objectives

1.1. Students will be able to use many different aspects of technology in a confident and creative manner.

1.2. Students will understand the history of technologies.

1.3. Students will be able to make informed, ethical decisions about technologies regarding their personal life, the environment and work.

1.4. Students will be able to evaluate technologies and choose the appropriate technologies for their needs.

2. ACARA Document

3. Subjects

3.1. Design and Technologies

3.1.1. Strands

3.1.1.1. Knowledge and Understanding

3.1.1.1.1. Key Concepts

3.1.1.2. Processes and Production Skills

3.1.1.2.1. Key Concepts

3.2. Digital Technologies

3.2.1. Strands

3.2.1.1. Knowledge and Understanding

3.2.1.1.1. Key Concepts

3.2.1.2. Processes and Production Skills

3.2.1.2.1. Key Concepts

4. Content Descriptions

4.1. Recognise a variety of technologies

4.2. Investigate the use of technologies in the real world

4.3. Collect and present data using technologies

4.4. Use a range of digital systems

4.5. Solve problems

4.6. Design and implement programs

4.7. Manage creation, sharing and exchange of data

5. Achievement Standards

5.1. Foundation to Year 2: By the end of Year 2, students describe the purpose of familiar products, services and environments; they identify who designs and produces them, and how they meet the needs of users and affect others. They identify the properties of some materials, systems and technologies for a range of technologies contexts.

5.2. Year 3 to 4: By the end of Year 4 students explain how products, services and environments have been designed to best meet people’s current and future needs in the local community and describe how designers and technologists contribute to meeting needs. They describe the properties and characteristics of technologies, materials and systems for a range of technologies contexts.

5.3. Year 5 to 6: By the end of Year 6 students identify how designed products, services and environments may involve competing considerations and trade-offs when sustainability and ethics are considered. They explain how the properties and characteristics of technologies, materials, and systems impact designed solutions and influence design decisions for a range of technologies contexts. They describe how design and technologies contribute to daily life.

6. Key Ideas

6.1. Students will develop skills and knowledge of how technologies work, their histories and why and when they should be used. The aim is to keep the teachings relevant to students and encourage them to make moral and ethical decisions regarding technology and its impact on their lives and the world around them.

7. General Capabilities

7.1. Literacy (LIT)

7.2. Numeracy (NUM)

7.3. Information and communication technology (ICT) capability

7.4. Critical and creative thinking (CCT)

7.5. Personal and social capability (PSC)

7.6. Ethical understanding (EU)

7.7. Intercultural understanding (ICU)

8. Student Diversity

8.1. Students at any ability level or disability can be included in this course. The lessons and equipment can be adapted to suit anybody. The band levels allow for a larger range of ability in each class. Teachers can also access curriculum suited for a different age range and adapt this for students if necessary.

9. Cross-Curriculum Priorities

9.1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

9.2. Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia

9.3. Sustainability

10. Band Levels

10.1. Foundation to Year 2

10.2. Years 3 and 4

10.3. Years 5 and 6

10.4. Years 7 and 8

10.5. Years 9 and 10