DE BONOGELDOFTHE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM: NEW THINKING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

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OXFORD EDUCATION CONFERENCE24 MAY 2013SYDNEY

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PROGRAMME8:15AM – 8:45AM REGISTRATION

8:45AM – 8:50AM INTRODUCTION PETER VAN NOORDEN MANAGING DIRECTOR, OUPANZ

8:50AM – 9:00AM WELCOME TO COUNTRY MICHAEL WEST

9:00AM – 9:30AM KEYNOTE 1 (video) DR EDWARD DE BONO NEW THINKING: THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM OPPORTUNITY

9:30AM – 10:30AM KEYNOTE 2 SIR BOB GELDOF THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM: EDUCATION CHANGES LIVES

10:30AM – 11:00AM MORNING TEA

11:00AM – 11:50AM KEYNOTE 3 HOWARD KENNEDY CURRICULUM CHANGE IN NSW: INCORPORATING AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM

11:50AM – 12:50PM WORKSHOP SESSION 1

12:50PM – 1:30PM LUNCH

1:30PM – 2:30PM WORKSHOP SESSION 2

2:30PM – 3:30PM WORKSHOP SESSION 3

3:30PM CLOSE

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. We need creativity and innovation in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience. – Dr Edward de Bono

Oxford University Press (OUP) is one of the largest, oldest and most respected educational publishers in the world. As a department of Oxford University, we are committed to the dissemination of knowledge. Profits earned in our enterprise are devoted to furthering the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship and education.

The Australian Curriculum is a profound educational reform. It represents a singular opportunity to improve teaching and learning outcomes, and Oxford University Press is delighted to host this event, designed to support the New South Wales educational community in realising implementation from 2014.

NEW THINKING: THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM OPPORTUNITYIf our young people are to live and work successfully in the 21st century they need an education curriculum – such as the Australian Curriculum – that encourages them to develop and harness ‘New Thinking’. They need a learning framework that supports them to be the best that they can be.What is ‘New Thinking’? Our existing thinking patterns are excellent but insufficient. We analyse situations to identify standard elements and then we apply standard responses. In thinking, information and experience are essential, analysis and judgment are essential, and logic is essential. However, these capabilities are not enough. We also need creative thinking and design thinking to develop new ideas. New ideas, creative thinking and design all form part of what can be called ‘New Thinking’.

ABOUT DR EDWARD DE BONOChosen by a group of academics as one of 250 people who had made the most significant contribution to humanity, Dr de Bono is regarded as the leading authority in the field of creative thinking, innovation and the teaching of thinking as a skill. He originated the concept of ‘Lateral Thinking’, which has become a part of everyday language.The author of 76 books with translations into 40 languages, Dr de Bono acts as advisor to various governments, cities and global organisations.

CURRICULUM CHANGE IN NEW SOUTH WALES: INCORPORATING AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUMThis session will explore the implementation of NSW syllabuses that incorporate the Australian Curriculum. The focus will be on what this means for teachers and schools, expected time frames, implementation schedules, forms of implementation support available and opportunities that the new electronic NSW syllabuses afford, including helping to inform and inspire curriculum planning and individualised learning.

ABOUT HOWARD KENNEDYHoward Kennedy is Assistant Director of National Programs at the Board of Studies NSW. The Board of Studies supports implementation and is responsible for the development of curriculum for all schools in NSW from K–12.Howard Kennedy has extensive state and national curriculum development expertise, holds an Executive Masters degree in Public Policy and leads the team responsible for planning and developing NSW syllabuses that incorporate the Australian Curriculum.

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THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM: EDUCATION CHANGES LIVESSir Bob Geldof has campaigned for almost 30 years for the poor of the world to have access to medical and educational facilities. He believes that, in the words of Epictetus, the Roman slave and Stoic philosopher, ‘only the educated are free’. Expanded access to education generates widespread returns in areas like health and economic growth, yet 61 million children are currently out of school.Education is a topic that Sir Bob Geldof is passionate about; in addition to his work in Africa, he also has business interests in education-related technologies and sees digital innovation as a major force for good as long as new technologies do not wipe out traditional modes of learning.Sir Bob Geldof feels that the crux of the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians, being ‘as a nation Australia values the central role of education in building a democratic, equitable and just society—a society that is prosperous, cohesive and culturally diverse, and that values Australia’s Indigenous cultures as a key part of the nation’s history, present and future’, closely relates to part of his mission in Africa to uplift, educate and empower people of all cultures, colours and creeds.

ABOUT SIR BOB GELDOFSir Bob Geldof is an internationally acclaimed businessman, musician, humanitarian and political activist. His music career has spanned more than 35 years and his humanitarian activities, beginning with Live Aid in 1985 and resulting in a knighthood in 1986, are renowned worldwide. He has been awarded the Nobel Man of Peace Award, as well as being nominated for the Nobel Peace Award seven times in succession. Sir Bob Geldof has been awarded several honorary doctorates and was recognized by TIME Magazine as one of its 2005 European Heroes.

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WORKSHOP SESSION 1 11:50AM – 12:50PM1.1 THE NEW NSW MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUMPeter Osland MATHEMATICS INSPECTOR, BOARD Of STUDIES NSWThis presentation will outline how the new syllabus relates to the Australian Curriculum, and provide an overview of the structure and organisation of the new syllabus, as well as important differences in the current Mathematics Years 7–10 syllabus.

1.2 THE NEW NSW HISTORY SYLLABUS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUMdOCtOr Jennifer lawless HSIE INSPECTOR, BOARD Of STUDIES NSWTeachers will begin to implement the new NSW History K–10 syllabus in 2014. This presentation will outline how the new syllabus relates to the Australian Curriculum, and provide an overview of the structure and organisation of the new syllabus, as well as important differences in the current History Years 7–10 syllabus.

1.3 THE NEW NSW SCIENCE SYLLABUS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUMGina Grant SCIENCE INSPECTOR, BOARD Of STUDIES NSWTeachers will begin to implement the new NSW Science K–10 (incorporating Science and Technology K–6) syllabus in 2014. This presentation will outline how the new syllabus relates to the Australian Curriculum, and provide an overview of the structure and organisation of the new syllabus, as well as important differences in the current Science Years 7–10 syllabus.

1.4 THE NEW NSW ENGLISH SYLLABUS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUMlOuise ward ENGLISH INSPECTOR, BOARD Of STUDIES NSWTeachers will begin to implement the new NSW English K–10 syllabus in 2014. This presentation will outline how the new syllabus relates to the Australian Curriculum, and provide an overview of the structure and organisation of the new syllabus, as well as important differences in the current English Years 7–10 syllabus.

WORKSHOP SESSION 2 1:30PM – 2:30PM2.1 CRAFTING MINDS IN Minecraft: CONVERGENCE CULTURE AND TExTUAL RENEWALPrOfessOr Jeffrey Brand PROfESSOR Of COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA & DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CENTRE fOR LEARNING, ENGAGEMENT, ANDRAGOGY AND PEDAGOGY (LEAP), BOND UNIvERSITYMedia theorist Henry Jenkins argued that convergence is as cultural as it is technological. His argument

extends as readily to education as it does to popular culture. As our convergence culture gathers pace, books, games and online communities offer new opportunities to reach students within learning cultures. Minecraft, a popular world-building game is being used in education and it now features the ability to include ‘books’ within its virtual spaces. This presentation shows how knowledge workers are being crafted in Minecraft in one Australian University subject and how this might be transferred to the secondary classroom.

2.2 NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE AUSTRALIAN PASTPrOfessOr Marilyn lake ARC PROfESSORIAL fELLOW IN HISTORY, THE UNIvERSITY Of MELBOURNEIn the study of history, our understandings of the past are continually revised by the changing circumstances of the present. ACARA’s recommendation that an understanding of the history of Australia’s relationship with Asia should be one of three cross-curriculum priorities points to a new perspective on Australian and Asian histories and their interaction. New research provides us with exciting new insights into the ways in which Australian colonial and national histories were shaped in dynamic encounters with the Asia-Pacific region.

2.3 SCIENCE BY DOING: ENGAGING STUDENTS THROUGH INqUIRYPrOfessOr denis GOOdruM CHAIR, ACT TEACHER QUALITY INSTITUTE & ExECUTIvE DIRECTOR, SciEncE bY DoinG PROJECT, AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY Of SCIENCEHow can we excite and intellectually engage high school science students? funded by the Australian government, the Australian Academy of Science has created a series of online science curriculum units to implement the national curriculum. All Australian teachers will have access to these innovative, vibrant and interactive units, in which the inquiry approach is embedded. Much research and testing has gone into their development and the initial response has been overwhelmingly positive.

2.4 TEACHING LITERACY IN THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUMPaul GrOver LECTURER IN EDUCATION, CHARLES STURT UNIvERSITY In our world of technology and social media, where can we find useful and innovative literacy teaching and learning strategies that will engage secondary English students? Where are valuable resources, creative teaching ideas and high-interest texts that will motivate, engage and encourage deep literacy learning? This session will explore a wide range of literacy learning resources to enhance deep thinking and powerful learning.

2.5 AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM: MATHEMATICS 7–10JOhn ley ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, xAvIER COLLEGE, LLANDILOThis presentation will examine changes to the NSW Mathematics syllabus for Years 7–10. There will be an

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emphasis on the presentation of examples to maximise learning and the development of numeracy and thinking skills in a non-calculator mathematical context. Examples of technology that promote new ways of thinking will be demonstrated.2.6 PRACTICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPLEMENTING AND ASSESSING AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM: ENGLISHwarriCk wynne DIRECTOR Of LEARNING AND CURRICULUM & TEACHER, YEAR 12 ENGLISH LITERATURE, METHODIST LADIES’ COLLEGE The Australian Curriculum: English offers both challenges and opportunities for teachers. In this session, Warrick will explore approaches and tools to support English teachers in implementing the Australian Curriculum in the secondary classroom, including iPad and iPhone resources to support critical thinking, reflection and collaboration, as well as supporting teachers in giving students targeted feedback.

WORKSHOP SESSION 3 2:30PM – 3:30PM3.1 THE SELF-TRANSFORMING SCHOOLPrOfessOr Brian Caldwell MANAGING DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT AT EDUCATIONAL TRANSfORMATIONS AND PROfESSORIAL fELLOW, THE UNIvERSITY Of MELBOURNEBrian will present work on his latest project: The Self-Transforming School. Great progress has been made developing the Australian Curriculum, but he suggests that the best schools in the years ahead will likely draw on an international curriculum and be freed from many of the current command-and-control approaches that limit the opportunity for teachers and their leaders to be fully professional. Participants in the workshop have an opportunity to test the themes in their own work settings.

3.2 TEACHING THE OVERVIEW: AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM: HISTORYBernie hOwitt PRESIDENT, NSW HISTORY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATIONThis workshop will explore the potential of the new Overview section of the NSW syllabus. It will look at how much can really be taught in five hours and explore potential approaches to programming and teaching the Overview through a specific examination of the Year 7 course.

3.3 OVERARCHING IDEAS IN THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM: SCIENCEMelanie isaaCs SENIOR PROJECT OffICER SCIENCE, ACARASystems theory has gained acceptance in many countries and gives teachers and students a ‘big picture’ perspective on science. Melanie will discuss how the overarching ideas in the Australian Curriculum: Science support teachers to take a systems approach to their teaching, and how this approach supports integration

of Science Understanding, Science Inquiry Skills and Science as a Human Endeavour.

3.4 ASSESSMENT INSIDERS IN ENGLISHPrOfessOr wayne sawyer PROfESSOR Of EDUCATION AT THE UNIvERSITY Of WESTERN SYDNEY staCey QuinCe PRINCIPAL Of CAMPBELLTOWN PERfORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOLHow does the Australian Curriculum: English address issues of assessment, in particular helping students themselves to reflect on important principles for assessment? This workshop will focus on one school in which English teachers worked towards their students becoming assessment ‘insiders’: from devising rubrics for assessment tasks to becoming proficient in peer and self-assessment by being researchers of their learning.

3.5 BUILD BETTER PROGRAMS WITH THE PROGRAM BUILDEReMMa CaMPBell MATHEMATICS TEACHER, SHORE SCHOOL, NORTH SYDNEYTake the stress out of creating school mathematics programs with the Program Builder! In this workshop, Emma will demonstrate the functionality of this new tool from the Board of Studies NSW, including creating scope and sequences, units of work, selecting syllabus outcomes and content, and adding teaching, learning and assessment activities. Note – the Program Builder requires web access. Participants are encouraged to bring their own web-enabled laptop or tablet and login details if they wish to explore the features Emma presents during the workshop.

3.6 POSITIVE EDUCATION – THE WHAT AND WHYdr suzy Green fOUNDER, THE POSITIvITY INSTITUTEThis workshop will provide participants with an introduction and overview of the emerging field of Positive Education. Positive Education aims to provide a whole-school approach to well-being and is increasingly being implemented in schools across Australia through the provision of customised Positive Education Programs. Positive Education Programs build on a school’s strengths and what it is currently doing well, combined with an integrated adoption of new approaches to well-being, primarily based on the science of Positive Psychology. This workshop will also provide participants with the tools to consider applications of Positive Education to their own schools or educational facilities.

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PrOfessOr Jeffrey Brand Jeff is Professor of Communication and Media at Bond University and Deputy Director of the Bond University Centre for Learning, Engagement, Andragogy and Pedagogy (LEAP). His teaching focuses on emerging media, interactive media industries and research methods. He is a regular national media commentator and author.

PrOfessOr Brian Caldwell Brian is Managing Director and Principal Consultant at Educational Transformations and Professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne where he served as Dean of Education from 1998 to 2004. He has conducted professional assignments of one kind or another in, or for, 41 countries over the last 25 years.

eMMa CaMPBell Emma held the position of Senior Curriculum Officer, Mathematics at the Board of Studies NSW in 2011 and 2012, where she managed the development of the new K–10 syllabus. Emma is a passionate advocate of logical and creative programming in Mathematics, which allows students to build on prior knowledge, make connections between strands and sub-strands, and develop depth of understanding. Emma is currently teaching at Shore School, North Sydney.

PrOfessOr denis GOOdruM With a background in national and international science education projects, Denis is currently Executive Director of the Science by Doing project with the Australian Academy of Science, Chair of the ACT Teacher Quality Institute and member of the Questacon Council. Previously he was Dean of Education at the University of Canberra with whom he is Emeritus Professor.

Gina Grant As the Inspector, Science at the Board of Studies NSW, Gina had responsibility for the development of the new Science K–10 syllabus. She has extensive science teaching experience in both the government

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PROF BRIAN CALDWELL

EMMA CAMPBELL

PROF DENIS GOODRUM

GINA GRANT

DR SUzY GREEN

PAUL GROVER

BERNIE HOWITT

MELANIE ISAACS

PROF MARILYN LAKE

DR JENNIFER LAWLESS

JOHN LEY

PETER OSLAND

STACEY QUINCE

PROF WAYNE SAWYER

LOUISE WARD

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and non-government sectors, held school executive positions in independent schools and has provided curriculum consultancy support in projects at state and national level.

dOCtOr suzy Green Suzy is the founder of The Positivity Institute, an organisation dedicated to the research and application of Positive Psychology for life, school and work. She is a Clinical and Coaching Psychologist based in Sydney, and lectures on Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Sydney. She is a leader in the complementary fields of Coaching Psychology and Positive Psychology having conducted a world-first study on evidence-based coaching as an Applied Positive Psychology.

Paul GrOver Paul has been a teacher in NSW high schools for more than 35 years and has worked as a Supervisor of Marking in HSC English for the Board of Studies NSW for over ten years. He has authored a number of books in English and History and is currently Lecturer in Education at Charles Sturt University.

Bernie hOwittBernie is currently President of the NSW History Teachers’ Association. He has been teaching History since the 1970s and is a lecturer in Method at the University of NSW. The winner of two NSW Premier’s History scholarships, he has worked on syllabus development for both the Board of Studies NSW and ACARA.

Melanie isaaCs Melanie is the ACARA Senior Project Officer responsible for the foundation to Year 12 Science curriculum. She has coordinated the development of the draft curricula for Biology, Earth and Environmental Science, Chemistry and Physics and previously worked for the victorian DEECD as a coordinator of statewide professional development and teacher resources for science.

PrOfessOr Marilyn lake Marilyn is ARC Professorial fellow in History at the University of Melbourne. Her most recent books include Drawing the Global colour Line: White Men’s countries and the

Question of Racial Equality which won the Prime Minister’s Prize for Non-fiction and the Ernest Scott Prize for the most distinguished work in Australian, New Zealand and Colonization history.

dOCtOr Jennifer lawless As the Inspector, History at the Board of Studies NSW, Jennifer had responsibility for the development of the new History K–10 syllabus. With extensive History teaching experience, she has held positions at Sydney, Macquarie and Western Sydney Universities lecturing in History education. Jennifer is also an award-winning author and winner of the Churchill fellowship in 2010.

JOhn ley John is currently Assistant Principal at xavier College, Llandilo, and a member of the 2012 HSC Assessment Committee. He was formerly Head of Mathematics at Caroline Chisholm College, NSW, and has held a number of teaching positions including Technology Coordinator, Mathematics Coordinator and Assistant Principal. John is the author of the oxford insight Mathematics series in NSW.

Peter Osland As the Inspector, Mathematics at the Board of Studies NSW, Peter had responsibility for the development of the new NSW Mathematics K–10 syllabus, and has managed the curriculum development and maintenance in NSW since 1998. formerly a teacher and Head Teacher of Mathematics, he is a former President of the Mathematical Association of NSW.

staCey QuinCeCurrently Principal of Campbelltown Performing Arts High School, Stacey has collaboratively implemented practitioner research in a range of areas – most recently on approaches to peer and self-assessment. She has been awarded the Australian College of Educators/NSW Minister’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, AITSL’s Award for Excellence in Teacher Leadership and the Premier’s English scholarship, with which she investigated ICT-based assessment practices throughout the UK.

PrOfessOr wayne sawyer Wayne is Professor of Education at the University of Western Sydney. His research interests include secondary English education, curriculum history in English, effective teaching especially in low SES contexts, and literacy policy. His most recent co-written book focuses on teachers working in low SES school communities.

lOuise ward Louise is currently Acting Inspector, English at the Board of Studies NSW. She has been closely involved with all phases of the project in her roles as Senior Curriculum Officer and project manager for the draft English K–10 syllabus. As English Assessment Officer, Louise was responsible for the development of HSC examinations and School Certificate tests.

warriCk wynneWarrick has extensive experience teaching English and Literature in government and independent schools across all year levels and is passionate about the possibilities of technology to enhance learning. He has presented at several conferences on ‘new’ learning and teaching, as well as vATE workshops. Warrick is widely published as a poet and through several resource books for vCE English. He is Director of Learning and Curriculum at Methodist Ladies’ College. He blogs at: learningau.com

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