The Academic Academy is specifically
targeted at supporting highly academic students who intend on embarking on
university studies. The goal of the program is to equip students with the
specific skills aimed at enhancing future studies and providing them with the
opportunity to achieve their highest ATAR in order to maximise their university
options.
Over the course of the year, students will
engage in philosophical inquiry to enhance their 21st Century
skills. The purpose of the program is to expose students to open-ended,
abstract problems to challenge their thinking and develop collaboration skills.
Students will embed Critical and Creative
Thinking skills to respond and evidence the standards of the Australian
Curriculum. These include:
Reflecting on Thinking and Processes
Analysing, Synthesising and Evaluating reasoning and Procedure
Inquiring – Identifying, Exploring and Organising Information and Ideas
Generating Ideas,
possibilities and Actions
Students will work and learn through
critically evaluating information and arguments, seeing patterns and
connections, constructing meaningful knowledge and applying it in the real
world. Initially students will collaborate to construct their knowledge and aim
to think and work together with a powerful synergy of shared cognition. New
knowledge created will leverage both individual and collective expertise and
the quality of the shared thinking will ensure that new knowledge is highly
applicable to the real world. Students will be able to articulate how they
“think together” to improve results.
(Critical
Thinking: New Pedagogy for Deep Learning)
Entry requirements
Entrance by invitation only – Nil Cost
Notification
to Parents/Caregivers will be in writing. Criteria includes:
Academic GPA; Diagnostic Test Results; Student
Report Card – Entering Students; Professional Judgement. Students are monitored through Visible Tracking,
TrackEd & OneSchool Student Profile.
Contact
Academic Academy
Head of Department - SOSE (Humanities) & Business - Mrs Christina Kasper
Phone: 3820 5872
Email: Academic Academy