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Curriculum review
Curriculum review: where was NESA’s consultation?
NESA’s announcement last Monday about its curriculum overhaul had several disturbing aspects to it, writes Debra Batley. …
What does ‘back to basics’ really mean? What ‘reforms’ are being signalled this time?
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been describing the NSW curriculum review as a signal to go “back to basics” despite Professor Geoff Masters, who headed up the review, insisting it is more about decluttering the curriculum. To educators like me the phrase “back to basics” has signalled different education reforms over the years, which begs the …
Ken Wiltshire: Pyne needs to do his job and fix these 3 emerging problems with schooling
Federal Education Minister, Christopher Pyne, seems distracted by other political events as some disturbing developments emerge in Australian …
Pyne’s curriculum plans get an F for Fail (not Fixed)
Every Australian student deserves a quality education with access to the best teachers and resources. No-one would disagree with this lofty aspiration. But the Federal Government’s recent response to the Review of the National Curriculum gives us little evidence we are any closer to such a goal. Education Minister Christopher Pyne asserts that there is …
Spurr’s recommendations for English fundamentally flawed
If we follow the recommendations of the recently released national curriculum review for teaching English we will all …
Donnelly’s review set to limit future for young Australians
The final report of the Australian Curriculum Review conducted by Kevin Donnelly and Ken Wiltshire has recently been …
Muddled thinking of Abbott Govt’s education policies undermines teachers and students
George Orwell wrote in 1984, “Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, …
Direct Instruction is not a solution for Australian schools
Christopher Pyne is embarking on his own education revolution. He wants our nation’s teachers to use a teaching …
I am a teacher of English teachers and I never want to hear the term “basic skills” ever again
Lecturer in secondary English curriculum in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology One cohort at …
Pyne’s curriculum review misses the big picture
Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of South Australia Commissioning a review of …