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Nurturing wonder and igniting passion. Designs for a new school curriculum: NSW Curriculum Review
NSW Curriculum Review
  • Geoff N Masters, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Publication Date
6-23-2020
Subjects
Curriculum development, Curriculum evaluation, Frameworks, School systems, School improvement, Knowledge, Skill development, Learning experience, Early childhood education, Middle years, Primary secondary education
Abstract

This Review of the New South Wales school curriculum has concluded that change is required. The changes recommended by the Review are far-reaching and amount to the introduction of a new curriculum for NSW schools, from Kindergarten to Year 12. The syllabuses of this new curriculum are designed to ensure every student learns with understanding, builds skills in applying knowledge, and makes excellent ongoing progress in their learning. The goal is to provide every student, in each phase of their learning, with strong foundations for what comes next. Detailed planning, piloting and implementation of the new curriculum will be required over an extended period of time, possibly a decade, although some proposed changes should be introduced as a matter of priority. The long-term vision is for a curriculum that supports teachers to nurture wonder, ignite passion and provide every young person with knowledge, skills and attributes that will help prepare them for a lifetime of learning, meaningful adult employment and effective future citizenship.

Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Place of Publication
Sydney, Australia
Publisher
NSW Education Standards Authority
ISBN
978-1-74301-221-5
Geolocate
(-31.2532183, 146.921099)
-31.2532183
146.921099
Citation Information
Masters, G. N. (2020). Nurturing wonder and igniting passion. Designs for a new school curriculum: NSW Curriculum Review. https://research.acer.edu.au/nswcurriculumreview/6/