This element involves students reasoning when making decisions and acting ethically.
Students consider the consequences of and reflect on ethical action. They analyse the reasoning behind stances when making ethical decisions and evaluate the intended and unintended consequences of actions in an increasing range of scenarios. Students articulate understandings of a range of ethical responses in social contexts. In developing and acting with ethical understanding, students:
- reason and make ethical decisions
- consider consequences
- reflect on ethical action.
Level 2
Typically by the end of Year 2, students:
Reason and make ethical decisions
discuss how people make decisions about their actions and offer reasons why people’s decisions differ
Consider consequences
describe the effects that personal feelings and dispositions have on how people behave
Reflect on ethical action
give examples of how understanding situations can influence the way people act