Rationale and Aims
Australian Curriculum Years 7-10
Rationale
In a world of increasing global integration and international mobility, it is critical to sustainability and human wellbeing that young Australians develop a holistic understanding of the world. This requires deep knowledge and understanding of why the world is the way it is and the interconnections between people, places and environments over time.
Geography inspires curiosity and wonder about the diversity of the world’s people, places and environments. Geography features a structured way of exploring, analysing and understanding the characteristics of the places that make up our world. This enables students to question why the world is the way it is and reflect on their relationships with and responsibilities for the world.
Geography provides students with opportunities to develop a wide range of general skills, capabilities and dispositions that can be applied in everyday life and at work. The subject helps students to develop geospatial technologies and digital tools; an appreciation and respect for social and cultural diversity; a capacity for teamwork; and an ability to solve problems, and to think critically and creatively.
Through the study of Geography, students become informed and responsible members of their local and global communities. They learn to act ethically to sustain and improve natural and social environments, and engage in the global community.
Geography inspires curiosity and wonder about the diversity of the world’s people, places and environments. Geography features a structured way of exploring, analysing and understanding the characteristics of the places that make up our world. This enables students to question why the world is the way it is and reflect on their relationships with and responsibilities for the world.
Geography provides students with opportunities to develop a wide range of general skills, capabilities and dispositions that can be applied in everyday life and at work. The subject helps students to develop geospatial technologies and digital tools; an appreciation and respect for social and cultural diversity; a capacity for teamwork; and an ability to solve problems, and to think critically and creatively.
Through the study of Geography, students become informed and responsible members of their local and global communities. They learn to act ethically to sustain and improve natural and social environments, and engage in the global community.
Aims
Geography aims to ensure that students develop:
- a sense of wonder and curiosity about, and respect for, places, people, cultures and environments throughout the world
- a deep geographical knowledge of their own locality, Australia, the countries of Asia and the world
- the ability to inquire and think geographically, using the geographical concepts of place, space, environment, scale, change, interconnections and sustainability
- the capacity to be competent, critical and creative users of geographical methods and skills, including questioning and researching, interpreting and analysing, concluding and decision-making, and communicating effectively
- an appreciation for the nature of geographical phenomena and challenges, and their impact on people's lives, places and environments
- capabilities to engage in everyday life, including critical and creative thinking, ethical understanding and intercultural understanding.