Civics and citizenship / Year 9 / Civics and Citizenship Skills / Problem-solving and decision-making

Curriculum content descriptions

Recognise and consider multiple perspectives and ambiguities, and use strategies to negotiate and resolve contentious issues (ACHCS086)

Elaborations
  • recognising that common issues may need to be seen through diverse cultural lenses
  • recognising that people will not always agree and using strategies to accommodate difference and accept compromise
  • using skills associated with the negotiation process (stating your position clearly, active listening, highlighting strengths, applying reason and logic, identifying common ground)
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

Attitudes,  Negotiation,  Mediation

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