Developing a Twenty-first Century School Curriculum for All Australian Students
ACSA continues its commitment to providing leadership in promoting productive national curriculum work. This work commenced in 2006 when ACSA hosted a National Approaches to Curriculum Forum and a national symposium on Approaches to National Curriculum Work which resulted in the Guide to Productive National Curriculum Work for the Twenty First Century.
Report - National Approaches to Curriculum Forum, February 2006.
Report - National Approaches to Curriculum Forum, August 2006.
Guide to Productive National Curriculum Work for the Twenty First Century.
To ensure the continuation of this national curriculum work ACSA convened the Curriculum Standing Committee of National Education Professional Associations (CSCNEPA), the first meeting being in February 2007 to agree the purposes and work program of the group.
The membership of CSCNEPA is made up of the Chairs and Directors of fourteen National Professional Associations. CSCNEPA has been established to encourage a full, rigorous and wide ranging dialogue around the development and implementation of a twenty first century curriculum for Australia's school
CSCNEPA Membership and Purposes
In May 2007 CSCNEPA developed a statement on what a 21st century curriculum must achieve for all Australian students and how we can achieve it. Amongst the papers used to inform the thinking of the group during the development of this statement were two discussion papers on School Curriculum for the 21st Century by Bruce Wilson and Peter Cole. These papers may be accessed at the links below and we hope will serve the purpose of informing your own discussions around national curriculum.
Paper - School Curriculum for the 21st century by Bruce Wilson
Paper - School curriculum for the 21st Century: A Rough Guide to a National Curriculum by Peter Cole
At the ACSA Biennial Conference - July 2007 an exposure draft of the statement What a 21st Century Curriculum must achieve for all Australian students and how we can achieve it, developed for CSCNEPA, was tested during a panel session with input from participants. As a result of this input and the work undertaken by CSCNEPA a working paper - Developing a Twenty-first Century School Curriculum for All Australian Students has been developed. The working paper, which can be accessed at the link below is intended to provide an informed basis for continued thinking and sharing of perspectives about what a 21st Century curriculum should achieve for all Australian students and how we should achieve it.
Working Paper - Developing a Twenty-first Century School Curriculum for All Australian Students.
CSCNEPA continues to meet three times a year.