Knowledge and understanding Technologies and society thorough explanation of how products, services and environments are designed to best meet needs of communities and their environments informed explanation of how products, services and environments are designed to best meet needs of communities and their environments explanation of how products, services and environments are designed to best meet needs of communities and their environments description of how products, services and environments are designed to best meet needs of communities and their environments statements about how products, services and environments are designed to meet needs of communities and their environments thorough description of contributions of people in design and technologies occupations informed description of contributions of people in design and technologies occupations description of contributions of people in design and technologies occupations identification of contributions of people in design and technologies occupations statements about people in design and technologies occupations Technologies contexts thorough description of how the features of technologies can be used to produce designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts informed description of how the features of technologies can be used to produce designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts description of how the features of technologies can be used to produce designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts identification of features of technologies used to produce designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts statements about the technologies used to produce designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts
Notes Australian Curriculum common dimensions The SEs describe the qualities of achievement in the two dimensions common to all Australian Curriculum learning area achievement standards — understanding and skills. Dimension Description understanding the concepts underpinning and connecting knowledge in a learning area, related to a student’s ability to appropriately select and apply knowledge to solve problems in that learning area skills the specific techniques, strategies and processes in a learning area Terms used in Years 3 and 4 Design and Technologies SEs These terms clarify the descriptors in the Years 3 and 4 Design and Technologies SEs. Definitions are drawn from the ACARA Australian Curriculum Technologies glossary () and from other sources to ensure consistent understanding. Term Description apply; applying use, utilise or employ in a particular situation appropriate fitting, suitable to the context aspects particular parts or features clear easy to perceive, understand, or interpret collaborating and managing () students learn to work collaboratively and to manage time and other resources to effectively create designed solutions; in Years 3 and 4, students: work individually and collaboratively plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively communicate; communication conveying information or ideas to others through appropriate representations, text types and modes; in Design and Technologies, communicate means sharing of information and design ideas; includes using (e.g. drawing, sketching and modelling) to create innovative ideas that focus on high-quality comprehensive detailed and thorough, including all that is relevant considered thought about deliberately with a purpose; see ; in Technologies, considered includes constructed environments developed, built and/or made by people for human and animal activity, including buildings, streets, gardens, bridges and parks; include after they have been changed by people for a purpose