2. Discuss the guiding principles of the Australian Curriculum Flashcards
Exam essay question 2
Why was the Australian Curriculum created?
To ensure that all students in Australia are competent in aspects that are used in daily life
Who created the Melbourne declaration and when?
The education ministers of all of the states and territories of Australia in 2008
What is the overall idea of paragraph 1?
The major goals of the Melbourne declaration
List the first goal of the Melbourne Declaration
“Australian schooling promotes equity and excellence” [regardless of context]
Describe the first goal of the Melbourne Declaration
- Ensuring all children are attending schools
- Treat all children the same- don’t give some disadvantages or advantages
- Help children overcome or improve learning with a disability, learning a second language
List the second goal of the Melbourne Declaration
“All Australian students to become:
- Successful learners
- Confident and creative individuals
- Active and informed citizens”
Describe the second goal of the Melbourne Declaration
Ensures students:
- Have the essential skills in literacy and numeracy and are creative and productive users of technology, especial ICT, as a foundation for success in all learning areas
- Have a sense of self-worth, self-awareness and personal identity that enables them to manage their emotional, mental, spiritual and physical wellbeing
- Appreciate Australia’s social, cultural, linguistic and religious diversity, and have an understanding of Australia’s system of government, history and culture
What is the focus of paragraph 2?
The general capabilities
List the general capabilities
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- ICT capability
- Creative and critical thinking
- Personal and social capability
- Ethical behaviour
- Intercultural understanding
Describe the need for each of the following general capabilities:
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- ICT capability
- Creative and critical thinking
- Personal and social capability
- Ethical behaviour
- Intercultural understanding
- Form of communication
- Needed for everyday activities such as shopping
- Increasingly important, used to communicate with others
- Creates diversity
- Ability to work with others
- Abstains from chaos, must be ethical to be seen as professional
- Becoming more multicultural as a society-> we must be more accepting of other cultures
What is the topic of paragraph 3?
The cross curriculum priorities
List the cross curriculum priorities
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
- Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
- Sustainability
Why does the curriculum need cross curriculum priorities?
Prepares Australia’s future generations to be considerate of people from other backgrounds as well as the environment
Describe the cross curriculum priorities:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
- Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
- Sustainability
- Gives students a better understanding of Australia’s history
- Developed around 3 main concepts- Country/Place, Peoples and Cultures
1. Celebrates the unique belief systems that connect people physically and spiritually to Country/Place.
2. Understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ ways of being, knowing, thinking and doing
3. It examines kinship structures and the significant contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on a local, national and global scale. - They will develop knowledge and understanding of Asian societies, cultures, beliefs and environments, and the connections between the peoples of Asia, Australia, and the rest of the world. Asia literacy provides students with the skills to communicate and engage with the peoples of Asia so they can effectively live, work and learn in the region.
- The sustainability priority is futures-oriented and calls on students to act sustainably as individuals and to participate in collective endeavours that are shared across local, regional and global communities
