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 8, students:

Examine values

assess the relevance of beliefs and the role and application of values in social practices

Explore rights and responsibilities

analyse rights and responsibilities in relation to the duties of a responsible citizen

Consider points of view

draw conclusions from a range of points of view associated with challenging ethical dilemmas

Typically by the end of Year 8, students:

Consider consequences

investigate scenarios that highlight ways that personal dispositions and actions can affect consequences

Reflect on ethical action

analyse perceptions of occurrences and possible ethical response in challenging scenarios

Typically by the end of Year 8, students:

Consider consequences

investigate scenarios that highlight ways that personal dispositions and actions can affect consequences

Reflect on ethical action

analyse perceptions of occurrences and possible ethical response in challenging scenarios

Consider points of view

draw conclusions from a range of points of view associated with challenging ethical dilemmas

Typically by the end of Year 8, students:

Recognise ethical concepts

analyse behaviours that exemplify the dimensions and challenges of ethical concepts

Explore ethical concepts in context

analyse the ethical dimensions of beliefs and the need for action in a range of settings

Reason and make ethical decisions

analyse inconsistencies in personal reasoning and societal ethical decision making

Explore rights and responsibilities

analyse rights and responsibilities in relation to the duties of a responsible citizen

Typically by the end of Year 8, students:

Recognise ethical concepts

analyse behaviours that exemplify the dimensions and challenges of ethical concepts

Explore ethical concepts in context

analyse the ethical dimensions of beliefs and the need for action in a range of settings

Reason and make ethical decisions

analyse inconsistencies in personal reasoning and societal ethical decision making