Authentic Learning in Year 10 Commerce

Why and how do Australians vote? In our contemporary political landscape this is a valid student question. In Year 10 Commerce, students have participated in an inquiry based voting activity to better understand the purpose and learn the process of voting. I would like to thank Ms Cummins for her creative and engaging Commerce teaching strategies.

Brigida Zagora
Head of HSIE (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Authentic Learning Process

Year 10 Commerce students were immersed in an inquiry based activity on how Australians vote. This activity demonstratively answered students’ inquiry questions of the Australian Optional and Preferential Voting system. Students worked in teams to create a single issue political party, presented their political party views to the class, while also using negotiation skills to arrange preferences with other groups. This Inquiry learning activity was a ‘light bulb’ moment for many students.

Vikki Cummins
Year 10 Commerce Teacher

Student Reflections

Through this immersive learning experience, I learnt how preferential voting works, including the absolute majority and informal votes. Thank you Ms Cummins for providing us with this realistic experience, it was so fun!

Olivia Glass

Today in Commerce class, we had our class election and actually voted as a way to learn about preferential voting. Counting the votes I discovered how an absolute majority influences who is elected. This was a fun learning experience as we got to understand how an election works.

Miela Ocello

A class election was super fun and allowed me to see what it’s really like to vote. I learnt in a fun and engaging way how preferential voting works and the absolute majority to calculate the winning campaign.

Angela Diamantopoulos

A class election gave me a better understanding of how preferential voting and the absolute majority voting system work. I liked doing the class election and it was a fun way of learning

Venus Lu