Society And Culture Unit Of Work Rationale - 1412 Words

Society and Culture Unit of Work Rationale Personal and social identity is a fundamental unit for students as it provides a starting point for them to conceptualise how their personal experiences interconnects with public knowledge and understand the role of socialisation. As mentioned in the assessment the class consists of a diverse number of ethnic backgrounds and ability so this unit is crucial for them to understand how they fit in different social and cultural settings. In a way the diversity found in a class makes for an interesting interactions and discussions which will contribute to their understanding in the unit. This of course is limited by students willingness to share such information thus the activities in this unit have†¦show more content†¦This is important for those students are they can contribute when they are comfortable sharing personal experiences and beliefs and when they are comfortable to use the English language thus avoiding confrontation with t he teacher. For students that have difficult behaviour the intention of using class discussion to provide a space where they can learn to empathise with other people in the classroom and engage with the discussion as an outlet for their need of attention. Class discussions are used widely because they can provide benefits on so many different levels for classroom management and for differentiation. The unit of work will start by exploring how individual identity is built up of a combination personal experiences and social experiences. The context of this unit of work is that it starts after students have started to develop a sense of what their personal identity in previous lessons. The lessons now start to look away from the micro and more towards the meso through understanding the role of location as identity, particularly issues like nationalism and global citizenship. This lesson was left in the unit of work because it shows a lesson where students of different cultural backgrou nds can contribute to the discussion in their own way. Students have room to argue that through the process of globalisation their family may have moved to Australia and this experience is a change in their identity while an equally valid argument can be made that because of