Transcript Update on the Australian Curriculum

The draft NSW
History K-10 Syllabus
Version 2
February, 2012
The draft NSW K-10 syllabuses
• The Board of Studies NSW has developed draft K-10
syllabuses for English, mathematics, science and history.
The first round of consultation for these syllabuses has now
closed.
• A second round of consultation based on version 2 of the
draft syllabuses is now open.
• NSW school teachers will only need to teach in accordance
with the new K-10 syllabus documents developed for NSW.
• The Board advises all schools to continue to use the existing
NSW K-12 syllabuses for 2012 and 2013.
Overview
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Key issues from consultation on version 1
What's changed from version 1 to version 2?
What is the syllabus structure in version 2?
Key issues for consultation on version 2
Designing the NSW Syllabuses
Australian Curriculum
New NSW syllabuses
(ACARA)
(Board of Studies NSW)
Year-based Content
Stage-based Outcomes
and content
General capabilities,
Cross-curriculum
priorities
Learning across the
curriculum areas
embedded in content as
appropriate to individual
Learning Areas
Implementation Timeframe
Education Ministers
approve validated
Australian
Curriculum
achievement
standards.
Board of Studies
NSW considers
consultation
feedback and
revises syllabuses.
2011
Term 4
Version 2 draft
syllabuses available.
Second round of
consultation with
Board of Studies NSW.
Professional learning
for school leaders
available.
School planning and
preparation for
implementation.
2012
Teacher
professional
learning for new
syllabuses.
Implementation of
new syllabuses.
School
programming and
development of
teaching, learning
and assessment
materials.
2013
2014
Senior secondary curriculum
• ACARA has indicated that further work to develop
senior secondary courses in English, mathematics,
science and history is being undertaken, with draft
documents to be available for consultation in 2012.
• In the meantime NSW teachers are to continue
teaching current NSW syllabuses for senior secondary
courses.
Key issues
from consultation
on Version 1
Key issues from consultation on Version 1
History K-6
• Outcomes needed more clarity
• An over-emphasis on knowledge and
understanding
• Historical skills - relationship with the content
needed clarity
• The amount of content in Stages 2 and 3
• The need for advice about the relationship
between History K-6 and HSIE K-6
• The need for professional development in History
concepts, skills and content
Key issues from consultation on Version 1
History 7-10
• Outcomes needed more clarity
• Too much content, especially in Stage 5
• Historical skills - relationship with the content
needed clarity
• Comparative Indigenous content required
• Some crucial areas of history missing, eg.
Vietnam War era
What’s changed
from Version 1
to Version 2?
What’s changed from Version 1 to Version 2 ?
K-6
• Outcomes – coded for ease of use
• Skills – an outcome has been added
• Historical concepts have been added
• Historical skills have been placed above the
content
• The content descriptions have been clarified
• Additional content in some topics
• A glossary has been added
What’s changed from Version 1 to Version 2 ?
7-10
• Content in the overviews - enhanced and clarified
• Historical concepts added
• Comparative Indigenous content added in Stage 4
• WW1 and WW2 combined in Stage 5
• Depth Study 6 in Stage 5 allows for the
development of a topic from the Overview to be
taught as an option
• Increased flexibility in content in Stage 5 - two core
depth studies and at least two of the remaining four
depth studies are to be studied
What’s changed from Version 1 to Version 2 ?
Life Skills
• Outcomes - reviewed to strengthen inclusivity
• Outcomes – table included to show how they are
linked with Stage 4 and Stage 5
• Topics – aligned to Stage 4 and Stage 5 depth
studies
• Content – reviewed to provide more access points
for students
What is the
syllabus structure
in Version 2?
Syllabus structure in Version 2
• The K-10 Curriculum
• Rationale
• The Place of the History K-10 Syllabus in the K-12
curriculum
• Aims
• Objectives
• Outcomes
• Content
• Years 7-10 Life Skills outcomes and content
• Continuum of learning in History K-10
• Assessment
• Glossary
Extra information for History K-6
Outcomes:
• Include historical concepts
• Describe the historical knowledge and understanding
• Describe the skills of historical inquiry
Stage-based organisation
Key Inquiry Questions
Historical concepts (new in Version 2)
Historical Skills
• Increasing emphasis on historical interpretation
• Use of historical sources and evidence
Topics
Early Stage 1
Personal and
Family
Histories
A student’s own history
and that of their family
Stage 1
Present and
Past Family
Life
Similarities and differences
in family life, past and
present
The Past in
the Present
Changes and continuities
in the local area
Stage 2
Community
and
Remembrance
Identity and diversity in
both the local and national
communities
First Contacts
World exploration and
British settlement of
Australia
Stage 3
The Australian A study of colonial
Colonies
Australia
Australia as a
Nation
The development of 20th
Century Australia
Stage 4 - The Ancient World
Overview
The content from the overview may be used as an overall introduction to
Depth Studies 1-3 or may be integrated with these Depth Studies.
Approximately 10% of teaching time
Depth Study 1
Depth Study 2
Depth Study 3
Investigating the
Ancient Past
The Mediterranean
World
The Asian World
(including ancient Australia)
Egypt or Greece
or Rome
India or
China
Stage 4 - From the Ancient to the
Modern World
Overview
The content from the overview may be used as an overall introduction to Depth
Studies 4-6 or may be integrated with these Depth Studies.
Approximately 10% of teaching time
Depth Study 4
The Western and
Islamic World
Depth Study 5
The Asia Pacific
World
Depth Study 6
Expanding
Contacts
Vikings or Medieval Europe
or The Ottoman Empire or
Renaissance Italy
Angkor/Khmer Empire or
Japan under the Shoguns
or Polynesian Expansion
Mongol Expansion or The
Black Death in Asia, Europe
and Africa or Spanish
Conquest of the Americas, or
Aboriginal and Indigenous
peoples
Stage 5 - The Making of the Modern World
Overview
The content from the overview may be used as an overall introduction to
Depth Studies 1-3 or may be integrated with these Depth Studies.
Approximately 10% of teaching time
Depth Study 1
Making a Better
World?
Depth Study 2
Australia and
Asia
Industrial Revolution or
Movement of Peoples or
Progressive Ideas and
Movements
Making a Nation or
Asia and the World
Core Study Depth Study 3
Australians at
War
(World Wars I and II)
Stage 5 - The Modern World and Australia
Overview
The content from the overview may be used as an overall introduction to
Depth Studies 4-6 or may be integrated with these Depth Studies.
Approximately 10% of teaching time
Core Study
- Depth Study 4
Rights and
Freedoms
(1945 to the Present)
Depth Study 5
The Globalising
World
Popular Culture or The
environment movement or
Migration Experiences
Depth Study 6
Optional Study
(drawn from the Overview)
Australia in the Vietnam
War Era or The Holocaust
or Peacekeeping
Operations
Key issues
for consultation
on Version 2
Key issues for consultation on Version 2
K-6
• Is the amount of content appropriate for Early Stage
1, Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3?
• How will the relationship between History K-6 and
HSIE K-6 be addressed?
• Does the inclusion of historical concepts enhance
the teaching of historical skills?
Key issues for consultation on Version 2
7-10
• Will the changes to the overall structure make it easier
to teach the course in 50 hours per year?
• Has the inclusion of Aboriginal and Indigenous content
in Depth Studies 1 and 6 (in Stage 4) redressed the
lack of such content in Version 1?
• Will the teaching of World War 1 and World War 2 in
one (core) depth study be manageable?
• Has the reorganisation of the depth studies in Stage 5
resulted in a more engaging course?
• Will students be better prepared for Stage 6 History
courses?
Key issues for consultation on Version 2
- The interactive online format
• Preview the draft syllabuses in interactive online format
• Is the navigation clear and logical?
• Will this format be helpful for planning, programming,
assessing and reporting?
How can I start to prepare
for implementation
of the new syllabus?
Make your opinion count
The Board of studies NSW is asking for your feedback
on the Version 2 draft syllabuses:
•Complete an online survey about the draft syllabus
Version 2 content.
•Register for a Board of Studies consultation meeting.
The Department will produce a response representing
the views of public schools and wants to hear your
opinion to inform that response.
•Please complete the Department’s survey.
Preparation
• Keep up to date:
o Watch the NSW Curriculum & Learning Innovation
Centre’s website (www.clic.det.nsw.edu.au).
o Watch the Board of Studies website
(www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au). Note that you can
register for Board of Studies weekly bulletins.