Online safety: Ethical Understanding

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Ethical Understanding

Students develop the capacity to understand and apply ethical and socially responsible principles when collaborating with others and creating, sharing and using technologies. They build understandings and ethical behaviours regarding privacy and intellectual property rights, such as copyright. They consider the impact of digital technologies on society, the rights of others and their responsibilities in using sustainable practices. Students learn to appreciate and value the part they play in the social systems in which they operate.

As discerning citizens, students reflect on their personal roles and responsibilities, learning to detect bias and inaccuracies. Developing understandings about the protection of data, intellectual property and individual privacy within the school environment helps students to be ethical digital global citizens.

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Typically by the end of Year 4, students:

Examine values

identify and describe shared values in familiar and unfamiliar contexts

Explore rights and responsibilities

investigate children’s rights and responsibilities at school and in the local community

Consider points of view

describe different points of view associated with an ethical dilemma and give possible reasons for these differences

Typically by the end of Year 4, students:

Consider consequences

examine the links between emotions, dispositions and intended and unintended consequences of their actions on others

Reflect on ethical action

consider whether having a conscience leads to ways of acting ethically in different scenarios

Typically by the end of Year 4, students:

Consider consequences

examine the links between emotions, dispositions and intended and unintended consequences of their actions on others

Reflect on ethical action

consider whether having a conscience leads to ways of acting ethically in different scenarios

Explore rights and responsibilities

investigate children’s rights and responsibilities at school and in the local community

Consider points of view

describe different points of view associated with an ethical dilemma and give possible reasons for these differences

Typically by the end of Year 3, students:

Recognise ethical concepts

identify ethical concepts, such as equality, respect and connectedness, and describe some of their attributes

Explore ethical concepts in context

discuss actions taken in a range of contexts that include an ethical dimension

Reason and make ethical decisions

explain reasons for acting in certain ways, including the conflict between selfrespect and self-interest in reaching decisions

Typically by the end of Year 4, students:

Recognise ethical concepts

identify ethical concepts, such as equality, respect and connectedness, and describe some of their attributes

Explore ethical concepts in context

discuss actions taken in a range of contexts that include an ethical dimension

Reason and make ethical decisions

explain reasons for acting in certain ways, including the conflict between selfrespect and self-interest in reaching decisions