Competences

a. Demonstrate knowledge of the primary Ethics syllabus, including the notions of justice, diversity, solidarity, respect, honesty, virtues; truth, faith, reason and moral values;
b. Demonstrate knowledge of using discussion-based approaches to teaching Ethics;
c. Engage with the literature on the Philosophy for Children approach and some Ethical theories;
d. List the steps of the Philosophy for Children approach;
e. Show familiarity with some of the commonly used resources for teaching Ethics;
f. Review good strategies for assessing Ethics according to the Learning Outcomes Framework;
g. Create resources for the teaching of Ethics in the primary classroom;
h. Set specific tasks aimed at assessing particular Learning Outcomes of the ethics syllabus;
i. Produce lesson plans that show evidence of familiarity with the Ethics curriculum and the Philosophy for Children approach;
j. Produce lesson plans that follow all the steps according to the Philosophy for Children Approach;
k. Produce marking schemes that can be used to assess the tasks.

Knowledge 

a. Describe the Ethics syllabus and its rationale;
b. Be familiar with the Ethical Theories such as Utilitarianism, Deontology and Virtue Ethics;
c. Describe Lipman’s Philosophy for Children approach;
d. Identify the Learning Outcomes Framework for Ethics.
e. Demonstrate familiarity with different theories of assessment.

Skills

a. Select and evaluate stories and other forms of texts for their ethical content;
b. Reflect on the development of lesson plans through self-evaluation;
c. Reflect on the best strategies for assessing Ethics Learning Outcomes;
d. Produce Assessment Tasks which may be used to assess particular Learning Outcomes;
e. Ask the right questions according to Cam’s Question Quadrant;
f. Demonstrate knowledge of the primary Ethics syllabus, including the notions of justice, diversity, solidarity, respect, honesty, virtues; truth, faith, reason and moral values;
g. Demonstrate knowledge of using discussion-based approaches to teaching Ethics.