Resources

The participation reflection tool is also available in your EGL Module Workbook. This tool has been designed to deepen your thinking, provide opportunties to take action, critically reflect and build on your growing understandings of empowering global learners in your classroom.

The communication reflection tool is also available in your EGL Module Workbook. This tool has been designed to deepen your thinking, provide opportunties to take action, critically reflect and build on your growing understanding of empowering global learners in your classroom.

The belonging reflection tool is also available in your EGL Module Workbook. This tool has been designed to deepen your thinking, provide opportunties to take action, critically reflect and build on your growing understanding of empowering global learners in your classroom.

This pedagogical approach is based on the Kathy Walker developmental learning curriculum. This approach creates a classroom environment to support and scaffold children through the use of investigations. Investigation stations are created to purposefully address the curriculum and are designed to be age appropriate. These age-appropriate stations provide space and opportunities for exploration and experimentation. Children use this time to work with their peers and problem solve together. Through these activities, open communication develops between peers along with meaningful play, and deep engagement in their learning. As children explore and problem solve together opportunities to consider and develop multiple perspectives arise.

A teaching practice by one school on this project, was the Kagan Structures. Kagan (1992) provides a range of structures or strategies to encourage sharing, turn taking and cooperation in the classroom. Kagan’s methods promote collaboration and cooperation through pair and group work in a structured way and providing opportunities for student agency. One method used within these classrooms was the Sage and Scribe method, this method provides an opportunity for one student to do the writing and one or more students to talk before swapping over.

A full list of articles on the Kagan structures and cooperative learning approach can also be found here.

Intercultural Understanding is one of seven General Capabilities that form part of the Australian Curriculum. ACARA (2006) states students develop intercultural understanding as they learn about themselves and others culutral languages and beliefs. This learning continuum can be used to align your teaching practices with the Australian Curriculum.

Global Education seeks to unify and enable young people to participate, collaborate and communicate to shape a better shared future. This website provides a framework for global education in Australian Schools, with professional learning and proposed teaching stratgies linked with the Australian Curriculum.

Learn more about Culturally Responsive Education by watching this documentary series. Discussion guides and resources are also provided for teachers to use in their practice.

A handbook for primary school teachers.