• Length of Study: One Semester
• Number of SACE Credits: 10

Subject Overview

Intercultural understanding is an essential part of living with others in the diverse world of the twenty-first century. It assists young people to become responsible local and global citizens, equipped through their education for living and working together in an interconnected world.

In Global Citizenship students are encouraged to make connections between their own worlds and the worlds of others, to build on shared interests and commonalities, and to negotiate or mediate difference. It develops students’ abilities to communicate and empathise with others and to analyse intercultural experiences critically.

Global Citizenship stimulates students’ interest in the lives of others. It cultivates values and dispositions such as curiosity, care, empathy, reciprocity, respect and responsibility, open-mindedness and critical awareness, and supports new and positive intercultural behaviours. Of particular focus will be the developments of empathy, demonstration of respect and acceptance of responsibility.

Assessment

Year 10 assessment is comprised of 100% school-based assessment. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:

• Assessment Type 1: Practical Exploration (40%)
• Assessment Type 2: Connections (20%)
• Assessment Type 3: Personal Venture (40%)

Examination:

• This subject does not have an Examination at the end of the semester.