Acting Education Minister Stuart Robert has spelt out the changes he wants to the draft curriculum in maths and history. auspol education
The federal government wants Australia to mimic Singapore’s high-expectations maths curriculum and place greater emphasis in Australian history teaching on the years between 1750 and World War I, as well as post-World War II migration.
However, Western Australia – the other jurisdiction that has declined to endorse the most recent draft version – has contrasting concerns about the maths curriculum, in what could prove to be another sticking point. “Western Australia’s concerns relate to ensuring students have time to adequately learn and master important concepts,” State Education Minister Sue Ellery said.The proposed new curriculum has provoked debate since its release almost 12 months ago – over whether its efforts to promote Australia’s First Nations history came too much at the expense of teaching its Western and Christian history, and whether its maths content skewed too heavily towards inquiry-based learning.
The Morrison government’s insistence that content be reduced came with one explicit exception: “ensuring that key aspects of Australian history, namely 1750-1914 and Australia’s post World War II migrant history, are appropriately prioritised and can be taught within the time available”.History Teachers’ Association of Victoria president Deb Hull said the complete span of Australia’s history is already captured in the curriculum.
Australian Mathematical Society president Ole Warnaar said it was inconceivable that a curriculum change alone would help Australia catch up with Singapore in the forseeable future.
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