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Introduction to the Australian Curriculum:
History
Curriculum K-12 Directorate
Consultation
A period of public consultation, with the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft Australian Curriculum in English, Mathematics, Science and History, will occur from:
1 March until 23 May 2010.
150 schools across Australia will be trialling the new curriculum over the next three months.
Consultation
The purpose of the Department’s consultation process is to initially:
Brief teachers about the draft Australian Curriculum: History
Seek feedback from teachers about the draft Australian Curriculum
Identify issues for implementation of the Australian Curriculum: History for teachers
Consultation
This round of consultation must focus on the Draft Australian Curriculum that has been presented.
This consultation process provides the opportunity to ensure that the Australian Curriculum: History
Is a quality Curriculum
Is clearly understood and can be implemented by teachers at all stages of their career
Consultation
ACARA:http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/
Board of Studies:http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/australian-curriculum/
Department of Education and Training:http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/home/consultation.htm
Consultation
Consultation
Online Consultation forums have been established so that you can have a say
Consultation
ImplementationThe process of implementing the Australian Curriculum is a matter for each state.
Commencement of implementation will depend on:extent of difference with existing curriculumalignment with existing credentialing arrangements
provided the K–10 Australian Curriculum is implemented by 2013.
There is no time allocation identified for the Australian Curriculum: History
Your feedback should be based on how successfully the curriculum can be taught in the current time allocated to history
Time allocation
Curriculum Structure
The Australian Curriculum History:
is developed for K-10 and Years 11 and 12
is described in years not stages
is described around content descriptions NOT outcomes
• no stem to content i.e. students learn...• includes content addressing 10 General capabilities• includes content addressing Cross curriculum
dimensions
Curriculum Structure
Australian Curriculum identifies essential content that all students should be taught, by year of schooling. The content descriptions will incorporate, where appropriate:
the 10 general capabilities e.g. ICT, literacy, numeracy, thinking skills, creativity
and cross-curriculum dimensions in ways appropriate to each learning area
Curriculum Structure
The General Capabilities:
literacy self management *numeracy teamwork *ICT intercultural understandingthinking skills ethical behaviourcreativity social competence *
Curriculum Structure
The Cross-Curriculum Dimensions:
Indigenous perspectives, to ensure that all young Australians have the opportunity to learn about, acknowledge and respect the history and culture of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders
a commitment to sustainable patterns of living which will be reflected in curriculum documents
skills, knowledge and understandings related to Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
Curriculum Structure
Australian Curriculum is described around content descriptions NOT outcomes
Each learning area includes:
Content descriptions which specify what teachers are expected to teach
Elaborations which are examples that illustrate each content description
Curriculum Structure
Achievement standards that describe the quality of learning (the depth of understanding, extent of knowledge and sophistication of skill) expected of students at each year level
Annotated student work samples will illustrate the achievement standard at each year level.
Achievement Standards
An achievement standard is an expectation of the quality of learning that students should reach by a particular point in their schooling (e.g. the depth of their understanding, the extent of their knowledge and the sophistication of their skills).
Achievement Standards
For K-10, they will be represented at every year by:
a statement of the learning typically expected of students for that year
a set of work samples that will illustrate achievement of the standard.
They will be linked to the A-E reporting framework.
Each year has a focus
The Year 7 curriculum focuses on history from the time of the earliest human communities to the end of the Ancient period (c. 60 000 BP - c.500AD).
and broad enquiry questions
what are the defining characteristics of societies? how did people live in other times and places? who should rule in a society?
Broad enquiry questions
An understanding of world history will enhance students’ appreciation of Australian history.
It will enable them to appreciate Australia’s distinctive path of social, economic and political development, its position in the Asia-Pacific region, and global interrelationships that are essential to an informed and active participation in Australia’s diverse society
World history approach
Years 7 – 10 includes
An overview designed to introduce the broad content and contexts for study
Depth studies investigate studies in greater depth providing scope for the development of historical skills
School developed depth studies in Years 7 - 9
Overview and Depth Studies
The history curriculum is organised into two interrelated strands
Historical knowledge and understanding
Historical skills
Content Strand Descriptors
This strand includes skills that are used in the process of historical inquiry associated with:
historical questions and research; the analysis and use of sources; perspectives and interpretations; comprehension and communication.
There is an increasing emphasis on historical interpretation and the use of evidence within this strand.
What historical skills will be taught?
Kindergarten to Year 2 students begin to look at the stories of their families and communities
Examples include: how families commemorate past events that are
important to them terms that are used to express time such as
tomorrow and a long time ago significance of local place names
What will students learn in Kindergarten to Year 6
The content of Years 3 to 6 broadens to regional and national history.
It includes life in Australia before 1800, the building of the Australian nation and Australia’s links with other nations.
Years 3 - 6
Year 7 focuses on history from the time of the earliest human communities to the end of the Ancient period (c. 60 000 BC–c.500 AD).
Year 7
Year 8 focuses on history from the end of the Ancient period to the beginning of the Modern period (c.500–1750).
Year 8
Year 9 focuses on the history of the Modern World and Australia from 1750 to 1901
The history of Australia is 40% of course time
Year 9
Year 10 focuses on the history of Australia and the Modern World from 1901 to the present.
The history of Australia is 60% of course content
Year 10
Broad feedback on the curriculum is sought in relation to:
Content coverage Content clarity Content placement and sequence Manageability for teachers The digital format and layout
Your feedback
More specific feedback on the curriculum is sought in relation to:
Content descriptions Content elaborations Achievement standards Structure of the curriculum General capabilities Cross-curriculum dimensions
Use the Curriculum Support forum
Send your feedback to
Pauline Sheppard SCA HSIE 7-12
Phone 9886 7692
Brian Elliott
Manager HSIE
Phone 9886 7603
Your feedback is important