PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
3.15 – 4.30pm Thursday 8 November 2018 at Shenton College
STEM teachers Samantha White and Bec McKinney will share their learning and ideas from the pilot of the UNAA GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP and SUSTAINABILITY WACE ENDORSED UNITS (SCSA endorsed 2018-2022)
INTERESTED? For inquiries or to RSVP (by 1 November) contact Rees Barrett at gcs@unaa-wa.org.au. If you want to participate but can’t make it to Shenton College let us know and we’ll link via Zoom.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE UNAA GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY UNITS
These units will be ideal for Years 10 to 12 students and schools looking for:
Integrated Learning– The 2018 pilot at Shenton College has demonstrated the program’s suitability for integrated STEM and/or Humanities learning.
Authentic Problem-Solving – Students apply their learning to design innovative solutions to real-world problems – scaleable from local to global.
Sustainable Futures – Problem-solving is focused on the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Students are empowered to plan for our collective future.
Global Competence – Based on the UNESCO model for Global Citizenship Education (which also underpins PISA Global Competence test, from 2018) the program develops ACARA General Capabilities.
UNAAWA is set to support schools interested in delivering this exciting new program.
The Curriculum Package for the upper-secondary program is available here
https://www.unaa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/WA_UpperSecondaryGCEd_Package.pdf
For further inquiries or to register interest contact Rees Barrett at gcs@unaa-wa.org.au
OWC supports Teaching and Learning for the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
One World Centre partners with UNAAWA for the UN Sustainable Development Goals and supports Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in WA. Our education and library team are also committed to providing professional development and RESOURCES to support teachers delivering this exciting new global education program.
