{"id":9702,"date":"2021-04-20T08:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T21:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.educationperfect.com\/?page_id=9702"},"modified":"2023-10-26T13:23:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T02:23:54","slug":"australian-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.educationperfect.com\/subjects\/curriculum\/australian-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1605266480377{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;subject-topbanner-row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;subject-topbanner row976 mob-left-align&#8221;][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;subject-topbanner-col1&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1605266505673{padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><strong>An Overview of the Australian Curriculum<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A country\u2019s national curriculum is the document that best reflects the values of its people in a specific time. Looking back across past curriculum documents, it\u2019s clear to see the impact of such innovations as digital technologies or improved understanding of neurological diversity on education. The recently updated Australian curriculum speaks to current national priorities, setting revised expectations for what all students should learn, regardless of their background or where they live.<\/p>\n<p>Extensively reviewed in 2020\/2021 and compared with a range of curricula from high performing countries, it was endorsed by the education ministers in April 2022. The curriculum was digitised for the first time, making it more manageable for teachers to explore the learning areas and to clearly identify the essential content Australian students should learn.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/tojfiifpan.jsonp\" async><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_tojfiifpan videoFoam=true\" style=\"height: 100%; position: relative; width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0; transition: opacity 200ms; width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"filter: blur(5px); height: 100%; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/tojfiifpan\/swatch\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><b>A bird\u2019s eye view of the Australian Curriculum 9.0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The Australian curriculum can be visualised as a three-dimensional model, built across three facts: Learning Areas, General Capabilities and Cross-curriculum Priorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">1. The <\/span><b>Learning Areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> are foundational to the Australian curriculum and identify the essential content that teachers should teach and students should learn. The learning areas are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">English<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Mathematics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Science<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Health &amp; Physical Education<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS &#8211; comprising the subjects of Civics and\u202fCitizenship, Economics and Business, Geography and History)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The Arts (comprising the subjects of Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Technologies (Design and Technologies, and Digital Technologies)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Languages<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">2. The <\/span><b>General Capabilities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> specified in the Australian curriculum include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Critical and Creative Thinking\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Digital Literacy\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Ethical Understanding\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Intercultural Understanding\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Literacy\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Numeracy <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Personal and Social capability<span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The General Capabilities do not sit as separate learning areas, subjects or isolated skills. Instead, the intention is to strengthen learning area content through the application of relevant general capabilities in appropriate learning contexts.<\/p>\n<p>For example, this might mean that students explore Intercultural Understanding through learning in Health and Physical Education or that Literacy capabilities are developed through Humanities and Social Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>3.<b> Cross-curriculum Priorities <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">support the Australian Curriculum to be a relevant, contemporary and engaging curriculum.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures<\/li>\n<li>Asia and Australia\u2019s Engagement with Asia<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Assessment and reporting against the Australian Curriculum\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While the Australian Curriculum provides the content that students will learn, it does not set out the assessment or reporting requirements that go alongside it. 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