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Statements of Learning for Civics and Citizenship•Contain opportunities to learn at Years 3,5,7,and 9

Civics and Citizenship Assessment Domain•Outlines key performance markers, their descriptors and professional elaborations at Years 6 and Year 10

Meeting KPMs in civics and citizenship education

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Meeting KPMs in civics and citizenship education

Discovering Democracy – Australian Readers

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Meeting KPMs in civics and citizenship education

Discovering Democracy Units

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The concepts and understandings with which students appeared to have the greatest difficulty were of two types:

• concepts such as ‘the common good’ or strategies that refer to how individuals can influence systems for the benefit of society; and

• so-called ‘iconic knowledge’ of key information about national events and nationally-representative symbols.

National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship Years 6 & 10 Report, MCEETYA

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Meeting KPMs in civics and citizenship education

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