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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
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 coding diagram showing outcome code GE5-2 where 'GE' is Geography, '5' is Stage 5 and '2' is outcome number 2

Outcome code Interpretation
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)

Australian Curriculum content coding diagram showing ACHGK012 where 'AC' is Australian Curriculum, 'H' is Humanities, 'GK' is Geographical Knowledge and '012' is the element code

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
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
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

Hand - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures learning across the curriculum icon Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

Flower with an a - Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia learning across the curriculum icon Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia

Leaves - Sustainability learning across the curriculum icon Sustainability

General capabilities

Gears - Critical and creative thinking learning across the curriculum icon Critical and creative thinking

Scales - Ethical understanding learning across the curriculum icon Ethical understanding

Computer - Information and communication technology capability learning across the curriculum icon Information and communication technology capability

Globe - Intercultural understanding learning across the curriculum icon Intercultural understanding

Book - Literacy learning across the curriculum icon Literacy

Calculator - Numeracy learning across the curriculum icon Numeracy

Two people - Personal and social capability learning across the curriculum icon Personal and social capability

Other learning across the curriculum areas

Australia - Civics and citizenship learning across the curriculum icon Civics and citizenship

Puzzle piece - Difference and diversity learning across the curriculum icon Difference and diversity

Star - Work and enterprise learning across the curriculum icon Work and enterprise



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