Australian Curriculum Analysis
The central theme of this essay is to what extent does the Australian curriculum achieve what it sets out to do. To answer this question, four main areas will be covered including, what the Australian Curriculum is, positions for and against the Australian Curriculum, the effectiveness of the Australian Curriculum and implications for the students when implementing the Australian Curriculum. Each of these four aspects considers literature to determine to what extent the curriculum is achieving what its set to do. Hence it's crucial to consider these aspects individually to come to a conclusion on the extent the Australian curriculum is meeting what is claims to do.
Although the Australian curriculum is relatively new, it is important to consider …show more content…
Varies documents have been created for teachers to gain an understanding of how to teach diverse learners. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). (2013). Student Diversity and the Australian Curriculum is one document that can provide an insight into working with diverse learners that are outlined in the Australian Curriculum structure and content. ACARA, 2013 indicates various purpose for this document including help ensure that all students are able to access and participate in the Australian Curriculum, provide advice as to how the three-dimensional design of the Australian Curriculum may be used to address the learning needs of all students and provide specific advice with regard to meeting the learning needs of students with disability. As a result of documents such as ACARA, 2013 that is linked to the Australian Curriculum allows teachers the ability to have scope for teaching diverse …show more content…
One implication is that each state has its own twist on the Australian curriculum, currently Victoria uses AusVELS, soon to be Victoria Curriculum. "Overview - About - Victorian Curriculum", 2016 states that the Victorian Curriculum incorporates and reflects most of the Australian Curricula, however, aspects of the Victorian Curriculum have been changed including the representation of the curriculum and the structural design, thus as the Victorian Curricle utilises aspects of the Australian Curricle it can be stated that the Victoria version is still allowing world class education for students. This implication impact on students is that whichever states a child lives in or moves to sit incorporating the Australian Curricle in some form which allows optimal learning to occur as well as consistency across states. In the classroom context, I have seen the AusVELS/Australian Curriculum being implemented in lessons such as maths. In this lesson the teacher planned a money lesson that was hands on with manipulatives like coins and notes, as well as incorporating in digital media the smartboard which students were able to use to complete set tasks outlined by the teacher. Hence although the Australian Curriculum is a national curriculum, Victoria has adapted this and has given teachers the abilities to implement the curriculum in Victoria which takes into
Although the Australian curriculum is relatively new, it is important to consider …show more content…
Varies documents have been created for teachers to gain an understanding of how to teach diverse learners. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). (2013). Student Diversity and the Australian Curriculum is one document that can provide an insight into working with diverse learners that are outlined in the Australian Curriculum structure and content. ACARA, 2013 indicates various purpose for this document including help ensure that all students are able to access and participate in the Australian Curriculum, provide advice as to how the three-dimensional design of the Australian Curriculum may be used to address the learning needs of all students and provide specific advice with regard to meeting the learning needs of students with disability. As a result of documents such as ACARA, 2013 that is linked to the Australian Curriculum allows teachers the ability to have scope for teaching diverse …show more content…
One implication is that each state has its own twist on the Australian curriculum, currently Victoria uses AusVELS, soon to be Victoria Curriculum. "Overview - About - Victorian Curriculum", 2016 states that the Victorian Curriculum incorporates and reflects most of the Australian Curricula, however, aspects of the Victorian Curriculum have been changed including the representation of the curriculum and the structural design, thus as the Victorian Curricle utilises aspects of the Australian Curricle it can be stated that the Victoria version is still allowing world class education for students. This implication impact on students is that whichever states a child lives in or moves to sit incorporating the Australian Curricle in some form which allows optimal learning to occur as well as consistency across states. In the classroom context, I have seen the AusVELS/Australian Curriculum being implemented in lessons such as maths. In this lesson the teacher planned a money lesson that was hands on with manipulatives like coins and notes, as well as incorporating in digital media the smartboard which students were able to use to complete set tasks outlined by the teacher. Hence although the Australian Curriculum is a national curriculum, Victoria has adapted this and has given teachers the abilities to implement the curriculum in Victoria which takes into