Civics and citizenship / Year 10 / Civics and Citizenship Skills / Problem-solving and decision-making

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Curriculum content descriptions

Use democratic processes to reach consensus on a course of action relating to a civics or citizenship issue and plan for that action (ACHCS100)

Elaborations
  • developing a plan for action that takes into account challenges, opportunities, risks and strategies to respond to a civics and citizenship issue
  • using democratic processes to decide on criteria that can be used to evaluate plans for action to addresses a civics and citizenship issue
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Democracy,  Consensus

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