Date/Time:

23/03/2021 - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Event Categories:

• Building Culturally Responsive Schools
• Professional Learning

Description:

Educators, teachers and an Aboriginal Elder will share how student engagement and learning of scientific concepts can be enriched by embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.  Science teachers will share how they embedded Aboriginal perspectives into authentic science tasks and discuss the task design, pedagogical approach, resources and student learning.

This workshop is designed to provide teachers with an overview of the new ACARA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elaborations for Years 7, 8, 9 and 10. As part of this workshop, teachers will have an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of some of the ways these elaborations can be integrated into the Science curriculum. There are 49 new elaborations for Years 7-10 making a total of 53 in the refined Science curriculum. We will focus in depth on a small number so that there are opportunities to consider how the concepts behind these Science activities can be integrated into learning designs.

“The elaborations acknowledge that Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have worked scientifically for millennia and continue to contribute to contemporary science. They are scientifically rigorous, demonstrating how Indigenous history, culture, knowledge and understanding can be incorporated into teaching core scientific concepts”. (ACARA 2018)

The refined Science curriculum now has 108 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elaborations, an increase of 95. These elaborations demonstrate the connection between the core Science concepts and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures. The elaborations are spread over the three interrelated fields of the Science curriculum: Science Understanding, Science as a Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills.

Target audience: Directors of Learning, Science Teachers Years 7 to 10

Delivery mode: Face to face

Presenters:
Uncle Tamaru Smith
Sonya Arnold, Seymour College
Nahla Baroudi, Westminster School
Toni Maddock, Southern Montessori School
James Mingorance, Southern Montessori School
Monica Williams, AISSA

IMPORTANT NOTICE: 

Due to current COVID-19 restrictions the AISSA is required to enforce set limits on the number of attendees for this event based on social distancing and maximum density rules.  To secure your place please complete the registration as attendance at the AISSA office without a confirmed place may result in being turned away if the event is at capacity.

There is no on-site parking available.  For parking options please refer to the parking map.  Tram stop #1 Greenhill Road is a 6-minute walk away.

For registration enquiries please contact Rae Dawkins.