Interpersonal Development Level 6 (Years 9 and 10)
Learning focus
As students work towards the achievement of Level 6 standards in Interpersonal Development, they develop their knowledge of local and global values and beliefs and consider the idea of values as social constructs and principles. They explore barriers to achieving positive relationships, especially between groups with differing values and beliefs, and discuss the importance of empathy. They explore strategies that they and others could use to overcome these barriers, and practise using such strategies and reflecting on their effectiveness.
They learn to consider feelings and behaviour in a broader context that is influenced by social conventions and cultures. They understand individual and group behaviour in the context of motivating factors when students participate in activities, including role-plays, which allow them to explore the impact of peers on relationships. They explore strategies to manage peer influence and to develop positive relationships with a wide range of peers, gaining confidence in stating clearly their own views and opinions, and the rationale for these. They develop specific skills and a variety of strategies to prevent or resolve conflict, and explore the nature of conflict resolution in a range of contexts. They learn to recognise when conflict, including conflict in workplaces, is likely to occur, and learn to be proactive in initiating strategies to avoid and/or resolve it.
Students take opportunities to work in diverse teams within and beyond school, including the workplace, to complete tasks with several interrelated components. Some of these tasks are managed by the team, with limited teacher input. This allows students to take responsibility for selecting a team that is likely to function effectively, allocating tasks, assigning and taking leadership roles, determining timelines and action plans, and monitoring and evaluating task achievement. Where required, students initiate strategies to deal with any problems they encounter. They assess their own contribution to the team and provide useful feedback to peers. Students also reflect on the success of team management and learning in achieving agreed goals.
Students may be involved in acting as peer mediators for younger students with minimal guidance once initial training is completed.
National Statements of Learning
This Learning focus statement incorporates aspects of the National Statements of Learning for Civics and Citizenship, Year 9
Standards
Building social relationships
At Level 6, students demonstrate awareness of complex social conventions, behaving appropriately when interacting with others. They describe how local and global values and beliefs determine their own and others’ social relationships. They evaluate their own behaviour in relationships, identify potential conflict and employ strategies to avoid and/or resolve it.
Working in teams
At Level 6, students work collaboratively, negotiate roles and delegate tasks to complete complex tasks in teams. Working with the strengths of a team they achieve agreed goals within set timeframes. Students describe how they respect and build on the ideas and opinions of team members and clearly articulate or record their reflections on the effectiveness of learning in a team. They develop and implement strategies for improving their contributions to achieving the team goals.
Downloads
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Interpersonal Development booklet (
PDF - 115KB) - Interpersonal Development standards table (Doc - 35KB)
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Victorian Essential Learning Standards Level 6 ( PDF - 788KB)
