LEAP: The Australian Curriculum and Leadership

Dr Phil Lambert PSMGeneral Manager, Australian Curriculum (ACARA)

@DrPhilLambertLinkedIn: Dr Phil Lambert PSM

phil.lambert@acara.edu.au

• The 3 Dimensional Curriculum

• State of Play

• What’s ahead?

• Initiatives

• Questions?

Outline of presentation

Structure of the Australian Curriculum

Critica

l and Creative

Thinking

ICT Capabiity

Ethica

l Und

erstan

ding

Intercultu

ral Underst

anding

Personal a

nd Social C

apability

NumeracyLiteracy

7 General Capabilities

Sustainability

Asia and Australia’sLinks with Asia

Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander Histories and Cultures

3 Cross-curriculum Priorities

Many cells will not include material from all 3 dimensions

Lang

uage

s

Civ

ics

and

Citi

zens

hip

Eco

nom

ics,

Bus

ines

s

The

Arts

Hea

lth a

nd P

hysi

cal E

duca

tion

Tech

nolo

gies

Geo

grap

hy

His

tory

Sci

ence

Mat

hem

atic

s

Eng

lish

11 Learning areas

• F-10 Arts• F-10 Health & Physical Education• F-10 Technologies• 3-10 Civics & Citizenship• 5-10 Economics & Business• F-10 Languages• NTC 9-10 and 11-12

State of Play

• Aboriginal Languages Framework• Work Samples• Primary perspectives project• Assessment statement• Humanities statement• General capabilities view of the curriculum• Cross-curriculum mapping• Monitoring of the Australian curriculum• Senior secondary

What’s Ahead?

• Primary perspectives project

• State/Territory sharing; consistency

• Monitoring

• A dynamic curriculum

Initiatives

Questions?