Teaching Resources & Articles
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Teaching Resources
District 9
Central to the Neill Blomkamp directed, Peter Jackson produced sci-fi movie DISTRICT 9 are the themes of refugees, discrimination, prejudice, oppression, greed, biological technology and warfare, the power of multinational companies, relationships, trust, and that ever present question, ‘what is it to be human?’. Following a brief synopsis of the plot, this article will share ideas for capture, teaching and learning in History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Psychology, Health, English, Media and Film Studies, Theory of Knowledge, Economics, Commerce, Marketing and IT, and the cross-curricular learning links that exist between them. The ideas shared are designed to be a springboard from which teachers may develop thorough lesson/unit plans appropriate to teaching, learning and the development of critical thinking within their academic area.
District 9 teaching resource (PDF, 380kB)
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society provides an opportunity for excellent cross-curricular learning links and some connections to English, Health, Philosophy and Theory of Knowledge.
Dead Poets Society teaching resource (PDF file, 119kB)
Climate Change Study
'Real, Urgent, and Personal' - a study guide to global climate change for secondary students and teachers. Facts about climate change, what it is, how it is caused, the results and risks for the whole planet and for future generations.
Climate Change Study teaching resouce (PDF file, 284kB)
ICBC Genetics Study
A resource of four short dialogues, discusiion questions and activities designed to assist students to examine the ethical, spiritual and cultural issues raised by human reproductive cloning, embryonic stem cell research and the obtaining and use of genetic information.
ICBC Genetics Study teaching resource (PDF file, 744kB)
Articles
Effective Values Education
Values specified in The New Zealand Curriculum for English-medium Teaching and Learning in Years 1-13, which must be implemented in all New Zealand schools in 2010.
Effective Values Education article (PDF file, 245kB)
Values Education In Australia
National Framework For Values Education In Australian Schools.
Values Education in Australia article (PDF file, 422kB)
Values Education In New Zealand
The New Zealand Curriculum for English-medium teaching and learning in years 1-13.
Values Education In New Zealand article (PDF file, 181kB)
Glossary of Terms
This glossary offers some useful definitions of terms and acronyms that are used in the discussion of Bioethical issues
Deliberative Democracy
The innovative consultative process of Deliberative Democracy and the minimum level of participation in law and policy making that is required in a representative democracy.
Deliberative Democracy article (PDF file, 103kB)
Cultural Relativism and the Implication of the Nature of Morality
The cultural relativist holds that it is the attitudes of the culture in which one lives that determine what is right and wrong.
Cultural Relativism and the Implication of the Nature of Morality article (PDF file, 97.6kB)
