Channel Deepening - Level 6 Sample Unit
VELS and employability skills
Channel deepening provides opportunities to assess students against elements of Level 6 standards and facets of Employability Skills as detailed below.
For further information see the Employability skills section.
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Strand |
Domain |
Dimension |
Element of standard |
Related employability skill |
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Physical, Personal and Social Learning |
Interpersonal Development |
Working in teams |
… 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. |
Teamwork … works as an individual and as a member of a team. |
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Discipline-based Learning |
The Humanities – Geography |
Geographic knowledge and understanding |
… explain the operation of a major natural system and its interaction with human activities … and evaluate the consequence of the interaction. |
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Geospatial skills |
… accurately interpret information on different types of maps … use map evidence to support explanations, draw inferences … |
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Interdisciplinary Learning |
Thinking Processes |
Reflection, evaluation and metacognition |
… explain conscious changes that may occur in their own and others’ thinking. |
Problem Solving … reflects and reasons logically and critically about problems |
For further information see the Assessment section.
