National Curriculum
Australian Curriculum Endorsed On 8 December 2010 Australian Ministers of Education endorsed the Australian Curriculum courses for English, maths, science and history in the primary and junior secondary years. The resolution agreed to by state and territory Ministers has been posted on HTAA’s website. The curriculum documents for the four subjects have been published on …
8 December 2010: National Curriculum approved To read the Federal Minister of Education Peter Garrett’s full press release, please click here. To read the complete State and Territory Ministers’ Resolution, click here. To view the full History Curriculum document, please visit: http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/History/Rationale
National Curriculum Update September 2010 According to a recent media report, signing off on the national history K-10 course, due to happen in October, has now been delayed until December (see ‘More time to work on new curriculum’ in the Sydney Morning Herald, 24 September 2010). ACARA Chairman Professor Barry McGaw was quoted as saying: ‘Our …
HTAA Interim Response to the Draft Ancient History & Modern History Curriculum Documents
HTAA Interim Response to the Draft K-10 History Curriculum 13 May 2010 This is an interim response based on submissions from state and territory HTAs and consultation with teachers around the country. It has been written prior to the publication of senior course draft documents and may need to be refined to reflect ongoing consultation …
Read the full HTAA Press Release, 1 March 2010
On Monday 1 March 2010, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) will publish the draft K-10 Australian Curriculum in English, mathematics, science and history for a period of national consultation. The consultation period closes on 23 May 2010. The draft curriculum and all the resources required to provide feedback are published at: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au …
HTAA Pre-service Statement On the capacity of current pre-service training programs to prepare history teachers capable of successfully implementing new national courses. To read the full statement, please click here.
Writers are currently finalising a draft for K–10 national history courses. It is expected that this document will be released in February 2010. After a period of consultation and piloting the final version of the K–10 curriculum document is due to be published in July 2010, with implementation of the new courses to begin at …
Gandel Holocaust Studies Program for Australian Educators An opportunity to study in Jerusalem. For more details: click here