The dimensions of the Australian Curriculum
Summary
TLDRThe Australian Curriculum is undergoing a review to streamline content, allowing teachers to focus on core concepts and deepen students' understanding. The curriculum's three dimensions—learning areas, cross-curriculum priorities, and general capabilities—are clarified to show they are not separate subjects but enrich the core content. The eight learning areas remain central, with general capabilities like literacy and numeracy developed through them. Cross-curriculum priorities, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, Asia engagement, and sustainability, are integrated naturally. The review aims to make it easier for teachers to integrate these elements, ensuring a knowledge-rich curriculum that benefits all students.
Takeaways
- 📚 The Australian Curriculum is under review to declutter and streamline teaching, allowing for deeper understanding of core concepts.
- 🔍 The review aims to clarify the relationship between the curriculum's three dimensions: learning areas, cross-curriculum priorities, and general capabilities.
- 🏫 The eight learning areas (English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts, Health and Physical Education, Languages, Technologies) are central and not compromised by other curriculum elements.
- 🌐 Cross-curriculum priorities (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories, Australia's engagement with Asia, Sustainability) enrich the curriculum rather than crowd it.
- 💡 General capabilities (literacy, numeracy, ICT literacy, critical and creative thinking, personal and social capability, intercultural understanding, ethical understanding) are developed through learning areas, not as separate subjects.
- 🔗 The curriculum's priorities and capabilities are not to be taught in isolation but are integrated into the learning areas where they are most relevant.
- 🔬 ACARA's new elaborations for Australian Curriculum Science demonstrate how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures can be integrated with core science concepts.
- 👨🏫 Good teachers can seamlessly integrate cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities into their teaching, enhancing student learning.
- 📈 The revised curriculum will improve content descriptions and elaborations to make it easier for teachers to develop students' capabilities and understanding of cross-curriculum priorities.
- 🌟 The Australian Curriculum remains knowledge-rich, ensuring all children have access to powerful knowledge to shape their future and contribute to society.
Q & A
What is the primary goal of the current review of the Australian curriculum?
-The primary goal of the review is to declutter the curriculum, allowing more time for teachers to linger longer on topics to ensure all students understand what they are being taught and are given the opportunity to deepen their understanding of core concepts.
How does the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) aim to clarify the curriculum?
-ACARA aims to clarify the curriculum by clarifying the relationship between the learning areas, cross-curriculum priorities, and general capabilities, ensuring they are not seen as add-ons but as enriching elements of the curriculum.
What are the eight learning areas in the Australian curriculum?
-The eight learning areas are English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, The Arts, Health and Physical Education, Languages, and Technologies.
What are the general capabilities developed through the teaching of the learning areas?
-The general capabilities developed include literacy, numeracy, ICT literacy, critical and creative thinking, personal and social capability, intercultural understanding, and ethical understanding.
How do cross-curriculum priorities integrate with the learning areas?
-Cross-curriculum priorities such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories, Australia's engagement with Asia, and sustainability are integrated into the learning areas, providing national, regional, and global dimensions that enrich the curriculum.
Why are cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities not taught as separate subjects?
-Cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities are not taught as separate subjects because they are meant to be integrated into the learning areas to enrich the content being taught, rather than being additional subjects.
How do the new elaborations for the Australian Curriculum Science connect with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures?
-The new elaborations acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have worked scientifically for millennia and continue to contribute to contemporary science, making learning more relevant and potentially increasing their participation in STEM subjects.
In what ways can teachers integrate general capabilities into their teaching of learning areas?
-Teachers can integrate general capabilities by focusing on the content of the learning areas, such as developing literacy and numeracy primarily through English and Mathematics, and critical and creative thinking through subjects that encourage students to generate and evaluate explanations.
What is the role of good teachers in implementing the Australian curriculum?
-Good teachers play a crucial role by integrating cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities into their teaching of learning areas in a seamless and authentic way, ensuring no disjointedness in the curriculum.
How will the revised Australian curriculum assist teachers in their teaching?
-The revised curriculum will assist teachers by improving the quality of content descriptions and elaborations, embedding them where it is most authentic to do so, which should make it easier for teachers to develop students' general capabilities and enrich their understanding of cross-curriculum priorities.
What is the importance of the learning areas in the Australian curriculum?
-The learning areas are central to the Australian curriculum as they form the basis of a knowledge-rich curriculum, ensuring all Australian children have access to powerful knowledge about the world, which is essential for shaping their future and that of their communities and society.
Outlines
📚 Clarifying the Australian Curriculum
The Australian Curriculum is undergoing a review to declutter and streamline the educational content. The aim is to allow teachers more time to focus on core topics, ensuring students understand and deepen their knowledge of fundamental concepts. The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is working to clarify the interrelation between the curriculum's three dimensions: learning areas, cross-curriculum priorities, and general capabilities. These dimensions are not separate add-ons but are designed to enrich the learning experience. The eight learning areas—English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, The Arts, Health and Physical Education, Languages, and Technologies—are central to the curriculum. Through these, students develop general capabilities such as literacy, numeracy, ICT literacy, critical and creative thinking, personal and social capability, intercultural understanding, and ethical understanding. Cross-curriculum priorities like Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories, Australia's engagement with Asia, and sustainability are integrated into the learning areas to provide a broader educational context. ACARA has released new elaborations for the Australian Curriculum Science that demonstrate how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures can be connected with core science concepts, making learning more relevant and potentially increasing participation in STEM subjects.
🌟 The Australian Curriculum: Empowering Future Generations
The Australian Curriculum is designed to be knowledge-rich, ensuring all Australian children have access to essential knowledge about the world. This curriculum is intended to equip students with the skills and dispositions necessary to shape their future and contribute to their communities and society. The learning areas, or traditional subject titles, are central to this curriculum, and it is emphasized that the curriculum will remain rich in knowledge. Parents and the public are encouraged to participate in the curriculum review process by visiting the ACARA website and providing feedback. The revised curriculum aims to make it easier for teachers to integrate cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities into their teaching, ensuring a seamless and authentic educational experience for students.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Australian Curriculum
💡Declutter
💡Cross-curriculum Priorities
💡General Capabilities
💡Learning Areas
💡ICT Literacy
💡Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures and Histories
💡STEM Subjects
💡Elaborations
💡Knowledge-rich Curriculum
Highlights
The Australian curriculum is under review to declutter and allow for deeper understanding of core concepts.
The aim is to clarify the relationship between learning areas, cross-curriculum priorities, and general capabilities.
Cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities are not add-ons but enrich the content being taught.
The eight learning areas have primacy in the curriculum and are essential for student development.
General capabilities such as literacy, numeracy, and ICT literacy are developed through the learning areas.
Cross-curriculum priorities like Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are integrated into learning areas.
Not every priority and capability can be addressed in every learning area; some are more suited to specific areas.
Cross-curriculum priorities provide national, regional, and global dimensions to enrich the curriculum.
New elaborations for Australian curriculum science connect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures with core science concepts.
Elaborations can make learning more relevant for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, increasing STEM participation.
General capabilities are addressed through the content of learning areas, not as separate subjects.
Good teachers can integrate cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities into their teaching seamlessly.
The revised Australian curriculum will improve content descriptions and elaborations for easier integration.
The centrality of learning areas, or traditional subjects, is crucial for a knowledge-rich curriculum.
All Australian children should have access to powerful knowledge to shape their future and communities.
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is open to public feedback on the curriculum review.
Transcripts
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the australian curriculum
which underpins the teaching and
learning in all australian schools
is currently under review one of the
main aims
is to declutter the curriculum to allow
more time for teachers to
linger longer on topics so as to ensure
all students
understand what they are being taught
and are given the opportunity
to deepen their understanding of core
concepts
one of the ways we at the australian
curriculum assessment and reporting
authority
are doing this is by clarifying the
relationship between the three
dimensions of the curriculum
that is the learning areas the
cross-curriculum priorities
and the general capabilities there has
been a lot of misunderstanding
and misinformation about the
cross-curriculum priorities and the
general capabilities
they are not add-ons to the learning
areas that crowd out
the teaching of core knowledge or
undermine a knowledge-rich curriculum
in fact the opposite is the case they
enrich the knowledge of the content that
is being taught
the eight learning areas that is english
mathematics science the humanities and
social sciences
the arts health and physical education
languages
and technologies are what is taught
they have primacy of place in the
curriculum
it is through the teaching of these
learning areas that students develop the
general capabilities
namely literacy numeracy ict literacy
critical and creative thinking personal
and social
capability intercultural understanding
and ethical understanding
these do not need to be taught
separately as if they were
in addition to the learning areas
likewise
it is through the teaching of the
learning areas that students are exposed
to ideas
from across curriculum priorities that
is aboriginal and torres strait islander
cultures and histories australia's
engagement with asia
and sustainability similar to the
general capabilities
they are not separate subjects that are
taught separately
furthermore not every cross-curriculum
priority and general capability
can be addressed in every learning area
some learning areas are better suited
to the development of particular general
capabilities than other learning areas
and each of the three cross-curriculum
priorities find
more natural homes in certain learning
areas the priorities
provide national regional and global
dimensions
which will enrich the curriculum through
the development of considered
and focused content that naturally sits
within the learning areas
for example last year acara released new
elaborations
for the australian curriculum science
foundation to year 10
that demonstrate the connections between
aboriginal and torres strait islander
histories and cultures
and core science concepts in the
australian curriculum
the elaborations acknowledge that
aboriginal peoples and torres strait
islander peoples
have worked scientifically for millennia
and continue to contribute to
contemporary science
by making use of these elaborations
teachers can
simultaneously and seamlessly deepen
their students
understanding of scientific concepts and
aboriginal and torres strait islander
cultures
these elaborations also have the
potential to make learning more relevant
for
aboriginal and torres strait islander
students and as a result
help increase their participation in
stem
subjects in the australian curriculum
the general capabilities are addressed
through the content of the learning
areas for example
literacy and numeracy are primarily but
not exclusively
developed through the teaching of
english and mathematics
critical and creative thinking are
developed in any subject
that builds knowledge through a process
of getting students to generate possible
explanations
and then decide between them as to which
is more likely to be true
science and technology in the arts are
the learning areas
but not the only ones where ict literacy
capability is developed
geography as a subject within the
humanities and social sciences
and languages are well suited to the
development of students understanding of
other cultures
good teachers are able to integrate the
cross-curriculum priorities and the
general capabilities
appropriately and authentically into
their teaching of the learning areas
in a seamless way so that there is no
distinction or
disjointedness but this task should not
be made difficult
the revised australian curriculum will
make this easier
by improving the quality of the content
descriptions
and the elaborations by embedding them
where it is most authentic to do so
this way teachers should feel confident
that if they teach the content of the
learning areas
they are developing their students
general capabilities
and enriching their understanding of the
cross-curriculum priorities
we will do the work for them in the
presentation of the learning area
content
the centrality of the learning areas
what parents might know by the more
traditional
titles of subjects or disciplines
cannot be emphasized enough the
australian curriculum
is a knowledge rich curriculum and it
will stay that way
all australian children are entitled to
have access in common
to powerful knowledge about the world
knowledge that
in combination with associated skills
and dispositions
will enable them to shape their own
future
and that of their communities and
society more broadly
that is our most important
responsibility
as adults if you'd like to have your say
on matters covered in the reviews terms
of reference
which you can find at www.acara.edu dot
a u
slash curriculum slash curriculum review
please contact us at
engagement acara.edu.a
thanks for listening
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