2. DESCRIPTION OF PROMPT
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You are to attend the sight of an excursion which would be useful for
HSE learning in a Primary Classroom
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You should: Provide evidence that you attended (photos etc.)
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Develop a resource that you would use to enhance HSE learning
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Develop a reflection which demonstrates the links between the cultural
institution and the HSE disciplines
4. INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRATION MUSEUM INTO
HSE LEARNING
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The immigration museum is a great excursion that would be useful for HSE
learning in a primary classroom. The immigration museum itself as well as
the website and AusVELS (2013) makes references to many learning
standards that could be focused on:
These could include:
Multiculturalism
Belonging
Identity
Key figures and events
People who came to Australia
Contribution that significant individuals or groups have made to Australia.
Australia as a nation of federation
Demographic rights of different groups of people such as Aboriginal &
Torres Strait Islanders
Non-British immigrants
Rights and responsibilities of citizenship
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These are just some aspects that could be useful for HSE learning in a
primary classroom. Most of these are sourced from AusVELS, level 6 domain
(2013).
5. CONTINUED.
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The immigration museum is different to other museums as it focuses on
immigration with particular relation to Australia.
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It has a great array of artifacts and resources that could be drawn on.
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The use of multimodal dimensions is really evident and caters for
different learning styles that may visit the museum.
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These include, sound, visuals, artifacts you can touch, written elements
and videos. This encourages engagement, excitement and an intrigue to
investigate the museum.
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It links to students prior knowledge as some students may be able to
relate.
6. PERSONAL REFLECTION
I absolutely loved the immigration museum. I had never been there before
and it was never an excursion in any of my schools. This is an
excursion that I would love to take my students on. I feel that it is such
a useful resource for HSE learning. Not only the things I have previously
mentioned such as it caters for all learning styles, links to children’s
prior knowledge but it is an area that not many students would be
highly aware of. It is a great way to develop ‘new’ information in an
engaging way.
The activity that we did as a class with our guide about the suitcases
and the different profiles was such an interesting, stimulating way to
develop the idea of immigration. I felt I left with some great resources
and tools that I could further develop in my classroom. It is an area I
feel so much more confident in and can see how it links to HSE
learning.
7. RESOURCE
Resource
A resource for this area of learning that I would use to enhance HSE learning
would be dress-ups. In particular dressing up as someone from another
culture or country. The theme would be ‘Around the world’.
I would encourage every child to dress up in an outfit and have a day at
school as a different person. I understand that there are cases where
students may not be able to dress up or forget, so in this case I would have
my own box of dress-ups that students could borrow.
Dressing up is a great resource to encourage students to think ‘outside their
box’ and try to establish an understanding of someone else. It is fun,
engaging, and different and relates to a variety of learning styles.
To further develop the HSE learning, I could get the students to explore the
person who they are dressing up as and present this information. To extend
it further, students could do a comparison of the country/culture they chose
to Australia and who they are. An example of a book that could be used as a
resource is ‘Mirror’ by Jeannie Baker.
9. RESOURCE EXAMPLE
‘Around the world’ class dress-up
Source: Own Image
Fun engaging way to learn about immigration, culture and
the different elements of culture.
Although this image is of older students, this can still be
adapted to primary students.
10. REFERENCES
Australian Curriculum Assessment Authority, ‘Level 6 Civics and
Citizenship’ 2013, retrieved 14 October 2013, <
http://ausvels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Level6?layout=1&d=cc&d=H&d=ec&d=ge
>.
Baker, J 2010, Mirror, Candlewick, Sydney.
Immigration museum, 2013, ‘Cultures & Communities’, retrieved 14 October
2013, < http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections-research/culturesand-communities/>.
Immigration museum, 2013, ‘Cultures & Communities’, retrieved 14 October
2013, < http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections-research/culturesand-communities/>.
