Australian Curriculum V8
ACHASSI103
Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others
Elaborations
- making judgements about how effectively challenges have been addressed in the past (for example, relative success of solutions to challenges during colonial settlement) or how effectively a current challenge is being addressed (for example, the solution to an environmental issue, or a strategy for economic development) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
- evaluating the possible options that people could take to resolve challenges (for example, improving water quality, ensuring fairness, managing excess waste, budgeting choices) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
- reflecting on choices in relation to personal criteria and expressing reasoning that influenced decision-making (for example, why they participate in a civic activity, what influenced their purchase of an item) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
- using agreed criteria as the basis for an assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of choices (for example, for determining which actions are most likely to be effective to restore a damaged environment) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
- applying economics and business criteria to everyday problems to identify a response to the issue (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
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