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Events to date....
April 2008: National Curriculum Board established
Oct 2008: Initial advice paper discussed at National English Forum
Nov 2008 - Feb 2009: Consultation re English framing paper
May 2009: Writing of national English curriculum commences
I March 2010: Drafts of national English K-10 curriculum available for consultation
What’s next?
I March 2010: Drafts of Australian English K-10 curriculum
March - May 2010: National consultation on English curriculum draft K-10Apr – June 2010:11-12
August 2010: Australian English curriculum K-10 publishedOctober 2010: 11-12
Jan 2011: Implementation of English curriculum commences from this month
2013ACARA says implementation should be “well underway” by 2013
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Explore/English
The strands• Language• Literature• Literacy
The modes• Listening• Speaking• Reading (& viewing)• Writing (& creating)
page 2 English/organisation
The strands• Language: involves learning about the English language
and how it works, including grammar, spelling and punctuation, as well as a study of the history of the language and its contemporary uses and value
• Literacy: involves the application of English knowledge and skills to listen, view, read, speak and write and create a growing repertoire of texts
• Literature: involves learning to interpret, appreciate, evaluate and create literary texts, including narrative, poetry, prose, plays, films and multimodal texts.
“The three strands of Language, Literature and Literacy are interwoven and inform and support each other.”
“While the amount of time devoted to each strand may vary, each strand is of equal importance….”
The strands
Literature
Literacy
Language
Curriculum for a particular year
Content descriptions organised into strands
Content elaborations Resources
Achievement standards
Work samples
Organisation of the curriculum
The strands of language, literature and literacy are all strongly represented in the NSW English 7-10 Syllabus.
The modes of reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and creating (“creating” is called “representing” in NSW) are familiar.
Australian Curriculum: English requires students to engage with and produce written, spoken and multimedia texts, as do NSW English syllabuses.
The expectation of the Australian Curriculum: English that literacy will be included in the teaching of other learning areas is also an expectation in NSW.
Australian Curriculum: English is closely aligned to NSW K-6 English Syllabus in the teaching of grammar and reading.
What should be familiar to NSW teachers in the Australian English curriculum?
In earlier consultations, NSW primary teachers and secondary English teachers have suggested the following differences between NSW English syllabuses and the Australian English curriculum:
The Australian Curriculum: English strands are different to the strands in the NSW K-6 English Syllabus, which are based on the modes of talking and listening, reading and writing. NSW English 7-10 Syllabus does not have strands, except for Learning about and Learning to.
Australian Curriculum: English has a stronger focus on literature in K-6 than NSW K-6 syllabus. The Australian Curriculum: English curriculum requires a more explicit and systematic approach
to the teaching of grammar in Years 7-10 than in NSW syllabus. Australian Curriculum: English has less focus on media than the NSW 7-10 syllabus. Australian Curriculum: English does not include specific text requirements, as does the NSW 7-
10 syllabus. The NSW 7-10 syllabus provides a more holistic guide to teaching, whereas the division between
strands in the Australian English curriculum requires teachers to decide how the strands will be integrated in classroom teaching.
Australian Curriculum: English provides minimal or no cover of Outcomes 9 and 11, which focus on connectedness and metacognition respectively.
The curriculum dimension about Asian literacy may provide some challenges for NSW teachers.
Note that difference is not necessarily a bad thing!
What may be less familiar in the Australian English curriculum for NSW teachers?
Consider all aspects of the curriculum in terms of where students are ‘at’ developmentally in a particular year level◦ their conceptual and abstract thinking◦ their prior knowledge and experiences◦ their social and emotional development
Will this curriculum work for your students?
Evaluating the Australian English curriculum: start with the student
Choose a year (and consider a cohort of students). Look at the strands, content, content elaboration and achievement standards. Are they in line with your expectations of this stage of development?Send feedback via English 7-10 online forum: Feedback thread # 2 YEAR LEVELS
Choose a strand and then look across year levels. Is there continuity?Send feedback via English 7-10 online forum: Feedback thread # 3 STRANDS
Evaluating the Australian English curriculum: two ways to view
Looking forward◦ Is this curriculum everything we want it to be for students in the
21st century?◦ Does the learning matter? Will this curriculum make a difference
for students now and in the future?
Looking back◦ Map against our current NSW English syllabuses.◦ Are the standards or expectations similar? Similarities and
differences in curriculum content? Anything missing? Additional or new content?
Evaluating the Australian English curriculum:Looking forward Looking back
Is the learning appropriate for the year level? Is there adequate quality and rigour in the curriculum? Is there continuity from one year to the next? Does the curriculum provide adequate prescription for
teachers? Is the curriculum inclusive of all students? Is there sufficient flexibility to tailor curriculum to suit
students’ interests, needs and abilities? Is this a curriculum that will prepare students for the
future?Send feedback via English 7-10 online forum: Feedback thread # 5
GENERAL FEEDBACK
Evaluating the Australian English curriculum: key questions
Will teachers need more access to appropriate Asian literature and material to support those texts?
Will teachers need to tailor the new curriculum to suit the needs of particular groups of students? Will they need support for this?◦ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students◦ ESL students ◦ Students with learning difficulties◦ Students with disabilities◦ Gifted and talented students◦ Others?
Will teachers need ‘text requirements’ for the Literature strand? Will teachers need resources that show how they can integrate the three strands in
their classroom teaching? Will teachers need support to teach grammar more explicitly and systematically? Any other support required for implementation?
Send feedback via English 7-10 online forum: Feedback thread # 4 SUPPORT
Identifying the issues - and areas where support might be needed
To register for the forum:http://currk12.janison.com/curriculum/register/register.htm If you have any problems with registering please contact
Chris Dorbis via email or telephone 98867496.If you have been issued a password, please click on the following link to enter the forum.
To enter the forum:http://currk12.janison.com/toolbox/desktop/logon.asp The latest version of the Australian English curriculum
and this PowerPoint are available in the forum.
Sharing your views: DET online forum
Secondary English teachers may also choose to share their views about the Australian English curriculum via:
English Teachers’ Association http://www.englishteacher.com.au/
NSW Board of Studies http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/
or directly to ACARAhttp://www.acara.edu.au/home_page.html
Sharing your views: other avenues