Health and physical education / Year 9 and 10 / Personal, Social and Community Health / Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing

Curriculum content descriptions

Investigate how empathy and ethical decision making contribute to respectful relationships (ACPPS093)

Elaborations
  • investigating the characteristics of positive, respectful relationships and the rights and ethical responsibilities of individuals in relationships
  • investigating how the balance of power influences the nature of relationships and proposing actions that can be taken when a relationship is not respectful
  • comparing own decisions with those of others and acknowledging others’ right to act differently and to change their mind
  • demonstrating and advocating appropriate bystander behaviour when participating in online interactions, for example in situations where another persons photo has been tagged without permission, sexting and posting explicit content
  • Practising skills to deal with challenging situations such as communicating choices, expressing opinions and initiating contingency plans
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Ethics,  Empathy,  Respect

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Respectful Relationships: Teaching and Learning

Find comprehensive resources organised by stages of schooling including a scope and sequence, teaching and learning activities and links to resources. The activities provide explicit opportunities for developmentally appropriate learning about consent education, gender stereotypes and roles, keeping safe, respectful relationships ...

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How to teach digital citizenship and online safety - Scope and sequence Australian curriculum

This resource provides links to lessons and activities at each level of schooling from Foundation to Year 10 in the area of online safety.