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This booklet includes an introduction to this domain, a description of the structure of the domain, and the learning focus statements and standards at each level.
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This document provides the standards in this domain in table format to enable quick teacher reference. It includes descriptions of the dimensions and the standards from Levels 1 to 6. It does not include learning focus statements.
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The purpose of the progression points is to assist teachers in making on-balance, holistic judgments about student progress towards the standards.
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As part of the preliminary work for the development of the VELS, the VCAA commissioned a paper designed to lead discussion on the essential elements of the Science domain. The discussion paper provided theoretical and historical background for the development of the new standards.
- Section 1: Vision
- Section 2: What is science?
- Section 3: An agenda for change
- Section 4: Intellectual challenge
- Section 5: Focus at different stages of schooling
- Section 6: Four dimensions of scientific capability
- Section 7: Integrated skills, values, attributes and habits of mind
- Section 8: Scientific Capability dimensions for the lower primary school
- Section 9: Scientific Capability dimensions for the secondary school
- Section 10: Assessment
- Section 11: Writing the standards
- Section 12: An enabling pedagogy
- Section 13: A curriculum planning framework
- Section 14: Planning to enable scientific capability — some examples
- Section 15: The nature and extent of the change envisaged in school curricula
- Section 16: Teacher professional learning
- Section 17: Support for implementation
- References
- Appendix: Unpacking the dimensions
- Endnotes
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