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Geography K–10
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- Geography key
- Rationale
- Place of the syllabus
- Aim and objectives
- Outcomes
- Stage statements
- Organisation of content
- Geographical concepts
- Geographical inquiry skills
- Geographical tools
- Learning across the curriculum
- Course content
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Geography key
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The following codes and icons are used in the Geography K–10 Syllabus.
Outcome coding
Syllabus outcomes have been coded in a consistent way. The code identifies the subject, Stage, outcome number and the way content is organised.
Early Stage 1 to Stage 5 are represented by the following codes:
Stage | Code |
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Early Stage 1 | e |
Stage 1 | 1 |
Stage 2 | 2 |
Stage 3 | 3 |
Stage 4 | 4 |
Stage 5 | 5 |
Life Skills |
LS |
In the Geography syllabus, the outcome codes indicate the subject, Stage and outcome number. For example:
Outcome code | Interpretation |
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GE2-1 | Geography, Stage 2 - Outcome number 1 |
GE5-4 | Geography, Stage 5 - Outcome number 4 |
GELS-6 | Geography, Life Skills - Outcome number 6 |
Coding of the Australian Curriculum content
The syllabus includes Australian Curriculum content descriptions for Geography with Australian Curriculum codes in brackets at the end of each content description, for example:
- The connections of people in Australia to other places in Australia, the countries of the Asia region, and across the world (ACHGK012)
Where a number of content descriptions are jointly represented, all description codes are included, eg (ACHGK002, ACHGK003, ACHGK004).
The Australian Curriculum Geography codes are:
Code | Interpretation |
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ACHGK | Australian Curriculum, Humanities and Social Sciences, Geographical Knowledge |
ACHGS | Australian Curriculum, Humanities and Social Sciences, Geographical Inquiry and Skills |
Coding of geographical tools
The syllabus provides opportunities for geographical tools to be incorporated into the knowledge, understanding and skills of the syllabus. These opportunities are identified by codes at the end of the relevant content descriptions.
Geographical Tools | Code |
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Maps | M |
Fieldwork | F |
Graphs and Statistics | GS |
Spatial Technologies | ST |
Visual Representations | VR |
For example: Examination of a range of landscapes and their spatial distribution M VR
Learning across the curriculum icons
Learning across the curriculum content, including cross-curriculum priorities, general capabilities and other areas identified as important learning for all students, is incorporated and identified by icons in the syllabus.
Cross-curriculum priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia
Sustainability
General capabilities
Critical and creative thinking
Ethical understanding
Information and communication technology capability
Intercultural understanding
Literacy
Numeracy
Personal and social capability
Other learning across the curriculum areas
Civics and citizenship
Difference and diversity
Work and enterprise