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Researching the Creation of a National Curriculum from Systems to Classrooms
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Gerrard, Jessica; Albright, James; Clarke, David J.; Clarke, Doug M.; Farrell, Lesley; Freebody, Peter; Sullivan, Peter – Australian Journal of Education, 2013
Under the auspices of its 'Education Revolution', the Federal Labor Government is currently implementing a national curriculum for schools. Representing an important intervention into educational practice and governance, the Australian Curriculum offers a unique research opportunity, providing substantial scope for the examination of the changing…
Descriptors: Educational Research, National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
The Failure of Progressive Classroom Reform: Lessons from the Curriculum Reform Implementation Project in Papua New Guinea
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Guthrie, Gerard – Australian Journal of Education, 2012
Progressive education has been an article of educational faith in Papua New Guinea during the last 50 years but the best available evidence indicates that major reforms to formalistic curriculum and teaching in primary and secondary classrooms have failed during this period despite large-scale professional, administrative and financial support. In…
Descriptors: Evidence, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
The Australian Curriculum: Continuing the National Conversation
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Atweh, Bill; Singh, Parlo – Australian Journal of Education, 2011
The purpose of this article is to identify some key areas of the Australian curriculum that remain sites of struggle and contestation. We propose that there remain a number of contentious points in relation to the national curriculum. These points relate variously to the content and form of the curricular documents; assumptions about knowledge,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Relevance (Education), Problems
National Curriculum: A Political-Educational Tangle
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Brennan, Marie – Australian Journal of Education, 2011
Recent moves in Australia to institute a national curriculum emanated from federal governments of ostensibly different political persuasions in the period from 2003, building on developments that go back over 25 years. This article traces continuities and new developments, meditating on two questions: whether the current moves are politically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), National Curriculum, Alignment (Education)
Building a Knowledge Structure for English: Reflections on the Challenges of Coherence, Cumulative Learning, Portability and Face Validity
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Macken-Horarik, Mary – Australian Journal of Education, 2011
A curriculum is a knowledge structure outlining what is to be learned in what order. The Australian curriculum for English emphasises creation of a "coherent" and "cumulative" "body of knowledge about how the English language works", with learning that is "portable and applicable to new settings across the school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Differences, Stakeholders
An Australian Science Curriculum: Competition, Advances and Retreats
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Aubusson, Peter – Australian Journal of Education, 2011
Science schooling enjoys high status. Scientific capability is perceived as critical in underpinning economic success in advanced societies. Science achievement, at all levels, has become a global competition in which nations want to be seen to triumph. Governments periodically pay close attention to science education with a view to ensuring it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Educational Trends, Curriculum Development