Integrated Learning
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| Subject Name: | Integrated Learning |
| Level of Study: | Stage 1 |
| Length of Course: | Semester or Full Year |
| Prerequisite: | NA |
Pre-requisites
What will be in the course?
Integrated Learning is a subject framework that enables students to make links between aspects of their lives and their learning. Schools design Integrated Learning programs for a specific purpose, product, or outcome according to the interests and needs of students in their local context.
Through the lens of the program focus students develop their learning about a real-world situation, task, event, or other learning opportunity, while also growing their knowledge about themselves as learners, and their capabilities. In Integrated Learning, students develop, extend, and apply critical thinking skills through inquiry about aspects of the program focus that are of interest to them.
Students extend their self-awareness, personal identity, and values through collaborative processes that build from peer and self-assessment. They make meaning from experiences in order to recognise themselves as confident and creative individuals, and critical and evaluative thinkers with the necessary life skills to contribute to society as active and informed citizens.
What specific topics will be covered?
Potential Projects
The program focus should have relevance for students and give context to their learning. It is the lens through which students make links with their knowledge of themselves as learners, and develop, extend, and apply their capabilities.
Some potential starting points for designing a program focus may include:
- Environmental management and sustainability
- Child development and nutrition
- Marine and maritime studies
- Career-related study
- Innovation, invention and enterprise Initiatives
- Technology and Production
- Small business enterprise
- Arts and performance
- Information and processing and publishing
- Hospitality and catering
This list is neither prescriptive nor exhaustive and further information can be accessed via the SACE website (Stage 1 Integrated Learning Subject Outline.
How will I be assessed?
School Assessment (100%)
For a 10-credit subject, students provide evidence of their learning through three or four assessments. Each assessment type should have a weighting of at least 20%.
- Assessment Type 1: Practical Exploration
- Assessment Type 2: Connections
- Assessment Type 3: Personal Venture