Reflecting on higher order thinking

 

Reflecting on higher order thinking

Secondary discipline areas are often content-laden. Use Robyn Collins Curriculum and Leadership as a foundation, and consider the Australian Curriculum in your selected junior discipline area. Identify the process/research/inquiry skills that are required. They are skills that, according to Collins, are best developed through application to real-life contexts. Use the Aims, rationale and structure of the curriculum to uncover the global approaches of importance, as well as the content.


My two discipline areas as a studying teacher are Biology and Health and Physical Education. Both areas, Biology in particular, require research, investigating, hypotheses and understanding all factors which draw a conclusion. Biology incorporates a variety of skills that are utilised in everyday lives and workplaces. Collin states to the idea that these skills such as researching and processing are best developed through everyday life, therefore, seamlessly integrated into Biology. The curriculum is constructed to meet rationale required in each particular subject area, as a result, the learning content is developed.

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