Curriculum Review
‘Shockingly poor’: How Australia’s curriculum fails students
The nation’s school science curriculum sets students up for failure against top-performing countries. And Victoria’s is even worse.
- by Robyn Grace and Lucy Carroll
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Experts wanted to declutter the curriculum. Art teachers say they ripped the guts out of it
A new draft high school visual arts curriculum has relegated painting to a single footnote and drawing is no longer mandatory – and teachers say it is “disappointingly reductive”.
- by Christopher Harris
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‘Rushed’ curriculum reforms axed, teachers told to focus on English, maths
The NSW government has delayed planned changes for multiple subjects to allow teachers to focus on “core learning”.
- by Lucy Carroll
The changes coming to the new primary school curriculum this week
Almost 65,000 kindergarten students will start at NSW public schools this week, learning a new curriculum that focuses on phonics to learn to read.
- by Lucy Carroll and Mary Ward
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‘Incredibly loose’: The real problem with Australia’s school curriculum
Australians love a curriculum debate but there’s one element that everyone ignores, at a significant cost to students, experts say.
- by Jordan Baker
English teachers told to focus on grammar, punctuation as writing declines
English teachers will have to teach grammar and punctuation under a draft syllabus, but some are not happy.
- by Jordan Baker
National curriculum wars important to ensure the best outcome for kids: ACARA boss
The culture wars and political tensions over the national curriculum show society cares about what children are taught, the chief of the independent curriculum authority says.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Christian and Western heritage elevated in revised national curriculum
A new draft removes references to the Anzac legend as ‘contested’, cements the importance of physics and reverses controversial changes to maths.
- by Jordan Baker
Sum of all fears: Why Australia’s maths problem is getting worse
A maths war is erupting as traditionalists and progressives argue about what students should know, and the best way to teach them.
- by Jordan Baker
‘Confused and confusing’: Maths experts say curriculum is faddish and shallow
Dozens of mathematicians and maths teachers have written to the national curriculum authority, concerned that changes to the maths curriculum will mean “students end up knowing less”.
- by Jordan Baker and Sarah McPhee
Students must learn about Western heritage to defend democracy: Tudge
Education Minister Alan Tudge declared the school funding wars over and said it was time to talk about teaching and standards.
- by Jordan Baker
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