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The Australian Curriculum: An Update
Business and Economics
5 June 2011
Susan Caldis Senior Project Officer, Geography, Business, Economics
What has been achieved? • StateandTerritoryMinistersendorsedtheFounda2ontoYear10AustralianCurriculumcontentforEnglish,mathema2cs,scienceandhistoryattheMinisterialCouncilmee2ngon8December2010
• ACARAwillsupporttheimplementa2onoftheAustralianCurriculumincloseconsulta2onwithStateandTerritoryauthori2esandeduca2onalstakeholdersandtheteachingprofession
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What has been achieved for Business, Economics?
• Ini2alscopingofstateandterritorycurricula
• Ini2alscopingofinterna2onalcurricula
• Contactwithprofessionalassocia2ons
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The Shape of the Australian Curriculum
Why an Australian Curriculum? • Focusonchildrentoequipthemwithskills,understanding
andknowledgetobecomesuccessfullearners,confidentandcrea2veindividualsandac2veandinformedci2zens
• CombinedeffortbystatesandterritoriestopromoteequityandexcellenceinAustralianschooling
• Allstakeholdersworkingtogetheracrossgeographicandschool‐sectorboundaries
• Greaterconsistencyandmobilityop2onsAcurriculumforallyoungAustralians
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Shape of the Australian Curriculum v2.0 • ReferencedtotheMelbourneDeclara2on
• ProvidesacontextforthecurrentF‐10AustralianCurriculumandguidesthenextstageofcurriculumdevelopment
• DescribeswhathasbeenagreedaboutthestructureanddevelopmentoftheAustralianCurriculum
• WillbeprogressivelyrevisedtoreflecttheongoingdevelopmentoftheAustralianCurriculum
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Research and evidence base TheAustralianCurriculumdrawson:
• currentna2onalandinterna2onalresearchaboutstudentlearningandeffec2veprac2ce
• whathasworkedwellinprac2cearoundthecountry
• na2onalcurriculummappingagainstthecurriculaofstatesandterritories
• interna2onalcurriculummappingagainstthecurriculaofhighperformingna2ons
Aworld‐classcurriculumforthe21stcentury
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TheAustralianCurriculumcanbeviewedatwww.australiancurriculum.edu.au
TherearethreecoredimensionsoftheAustralianCurriculum:
o Learningareas
o Generalcapabili2es
o Cross‐curriculumpriori2es
Shape of the Australian Curriculum
StructureoftheAustralianCurriculum
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Foundation to Year 10 curriculum content Ra2onaleandaims
• thepurposeandstructureofthelearningarea
Contentdescrip2ons
• coreknowledge,understandingandskills–whatstudentswillbetaught;exemplifiedbycontentelabora2ons
Achievementstandards
• thequalityoflearningtypicallyexpectedofstudentsasaresultofwhattheyaretaught;challenging,butachievable;exemplifiedwithworksamples
StructureoftheAustralianCurriculum
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Achievement standards - use • TeacherswillusetheAustralianCurriculumcontentandachievementstandardstoiden2fywherestudentsareatintheirlearningandthenselectthemostappropriatecurriculumcontent(possiblyfromacrossseveralyearlevels)toteachindividualand/orgroupsofstudents
• Teacherswillalsousetheachievementstandardsattheendofaperiodofteaching,tomakeon‐balancejudgmentsaboutthequalityoflearningdemonstratedbythestudents
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General Capabilities Literacy Personalandsocialcompetence
Numeracy Interculturalunderstanding
ICTCompetence EthicalBehaviour
Cri2calandcrea2vethinking
• Generalcapabilitesembeddedinlearningareas,iden2fiedbyiconsincontentdescrip2ons
• Overviewofgeneralcapabili2eswithdescrip2onpublishedath_p://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabili2es
Generalcapabili=es
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General capabilities
During2011ACARAis
• workingtowardspublica2onofdra`conceptualstatementsandlearningcon2nuaforgeneralcapabili2es
• undertakingtriallingandcollec2onofworksamplesillustra2nggeneralcapabili2es
• SPO,Gre_eToner,[email protected]
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Cross-curriculum priorities AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderhistoriesandcultures
AsiaandAustralia’sengagementwithAsia
Sustainability
• Cross‐curriculumpriori2esareembeddedinlearningareasbutsomelearningareasmayrelatemoreexplicitlytosomecross‐curriculumpriori2esthanothers Generalcapabili=es
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Cross-curriculum Priorities
• Expertgroupsforthecross‐curriculumpriori2es
• Overviewofcross‐curriculumpriori2eswithdescrip2onpublishedath_p://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabili2es
• SPO,DeborahPalmer,[email protected]
Cross‐curriculumpriori=es
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Assessment and Reporting
• TheAustralianCurriculumachievementstandardsprovideabasisforassessmentandrepor2ng
• ACARAisworkingwithstatesandterritoriestowardsana2onally‐consistentapproachthatwillapplywhenthewholecurriculumisavailable
• Statesandterritorieswillapplylocalassessmentandrepor2ngapproachesun2lthereisana2onally‐consistentapproach
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Catering for the diversity of students • TheAustralianCurriculumsetshighexpecta2onsforall
students
• Teacherswillcon2nuetotakeaccountofthefactthatineachclasstherecouldbearangeofpriorachievementandtheythenplantobuildoncurrentlearning
• Teachersiden2fywherestudentsareatintheirlearningandthenselectthemostappropriatecontent(possiblyfromacrossseveralyearlevels)toteachindividualand/orgroupsofstudents
Diversityoflearners
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Students with special education needs
• Thecurriculumoffersflexibilityforteacherstotailortheirteachingforstudentswithspecialeduca2onneeds
• Moststudentswithspecialneedscanengagewiththecurriculumprovidednecessaryadjustmentsaremade
• Therevisedcontentdescrip2onsuselanguagethatismoreinclusiveofallmodesofcommunica2on
• ACARAwilldevelopaddi2onalcurriculumforstudentswithasignificantintellectualdisability
• SPO,MargaretLynch,[email protected]
Diversityoflearners
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Curriculum Development
Australian Curriculum Development
Phase2development2010‐2012
DesignPaper
ShapePapers
Phase1development2008‐2010
Phase1F‐10implementa2on:significantprogressby2013
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Phase3development2011‐2013
AustralianCurriculumdevelopment=melines
Development of the learning areas Learning areas Timeline
English 2008 – 2010
Mathematics 2008 – 2010
Science 2008 – 2010
Humanities and social sciences • History • Geography • Business, Economics, Civics and Citizenship
2008 – 2010 2010 – 2012 2011 – 2013
The Arts 2010 – 2012
Languages 2010 – 2012
Health and Physical Education 2011 – 2013
Technologies 2011 – 2013
AustralianCurriculumdevelopment=melines
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Australian Curriculum Development
TheCurriculumDevelopmentProcess,outlinesfourstagesinthedevelopmentoftheAustralianCurriculum1. Curriculumshaping
2. Curriculumwri2ng
3. Implementa2on
4. Evalua2onandreview
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Consultation on 1. Ini:alAdvicepaper2. Dra`Shapepaper
3. FinalShapepaper
4. Dra`curriculumoutline
5. Dra`curriculum
6. Responsestomajorfeedback
7. Revisedcurriculum
8. Penul2mate/finalcurriculum
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Consultation processes • State/territoryconsulta2onforums(teachers,academics,
authori2es,associa2ons)
• Na2onalpanelmee2ngs(“experts”‐teachers,academics,authori2es,associa2ons)
• Mee2ngswithstateandterritoryauthori2esandmajorprofessionalassocia2ons
• Websurveysandwri_ensubmissions
• Trialschoolsandteacherspar2cipa2on
• Cri2calreadersandreviewers QualityassuranceandreviewProvidingfeedbackontheAustralianCurriculum
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ACARA Work plan for 2011 • PhaseOne(English,mathema2cs,scienceandhistory):
– Founda2ontoYear10implementa2on
– SeniorSecondarycurriculumdevelopment
– Achievementstandards
• PhaseTwo(Geography,TheArtsandLanguages)curriculumdevelopment
• PhaseThree(Technologies,HPE,CivicsandCi:zenship,BusinessandEconomics)curriculumposi:oningandshaping
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Phase Three Curriculum Development
Business and Economics
Planning(2011)
• literaturereview• curriculumscan–na2onalandinterna2onal
• referencegroupworkshop• posi2onpaperexploringiden2fiedissues
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Business and Economics Shapingphase(2011‐2012)
– leadwriteriden2fied– advisorypanelappointed– ini2aladvicepaperdeveloped– na2onalforumconducted– dra`Shapepaperdeveloped– consulta2ononthedra`Shapingpaper
Wri:ngphase(2012‐2013)
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EOI for an advisory panel
• Representa2veofAustralianeduca2onsystems
• Meritbasedonexpressionsofinterestreceived• Panelmembersrepresent:
– leadingeduca2onanddisciplineacademics– schoolleadersandclassroomteachers
– peakna2onalbodies– curriculumexperts
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Workshop Activities
Business and Economics • Keyissuestoconsiderforthisarea
– Thera2onaleforbusinessandeconomicsintheAustralianCurriculum
– Na2onalandinterna2onalbusinessandeconomicseduca2onfromprimarytosecondaryandseniorsecondary
– Anappropriatedefini2onofbusinessandeconomics
– Rela2onshipbetweenbusinessandeconomicseduca2on,andtotheotherlearningareasintheAustralianCurriculum
– ConceptualframeworkandstructureinYearsF‐10andseniorsecondary
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Workshop Discussion • IsitfeasibletocombineEconomicsandBusinesstoforma
curriculumareaforthepurposeofmandatoryAustraliancurriculum?Willtherebeanychallenges–whatarethey?
• Forwhatyearsofschoolingshouldthiscurriculumbeoffered:Years3–8?5–9?Other?Issues?
• Whatkeyconceptsshouldthiscurriculumcover?• Whatskillsdostudents‘learnbest’throughEconomicsand
Business–listthem.
• Whaten2tlementdoEconomicsandBusinessStudieshavetobeincludedintheAustralianCurriculum?Jus2fy.
• Othercomments
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Keep in touch SubscribetoACARAUpdate:www.acara.edu.au
AustralianCurriculum:www.australiancurriculum.edu.au
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Thank you