ED1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Australian Curriculum, Martin Seligman
Introduction to Teaching and the Curriculum Frameworks - Lecture 6
Review from last week:
- What does the acronym PERMA stand for?
Positive emotions
Engagement (with children in the classroom and ideas to engage in life)
Relationships
Meaning
Achievement/Accomplishment (We want to think and believe that we can do something well- and
get feed back form people who matter in relation to the topic)
- What does Seligman suggest are practical exercises we can do to help combat low well being or
depression?
Counteract anxiety and depression
Talked about concept of acts of kindness
whenever we engage in this act towards others, we are enhancing their wellbeing as well as ours
- Theres a point where we intervene and there is a point where we intervene too often
Curriculum Framework
1. Once I have learned how to plan a lesson, have an idea of how to manage students in my lesson,
and also have a sense of strategies to employ in a lesson, I will ask 3 more important questions.
What will I teach?
What is important to teach?
Where are my resources?
Curriculum Framework WA (1995)
1. An outcomes approach to education
2. What were its origins?
3. What is its focus?
Curriculum Framework
- Background P6-10
- “The CF sets out what all students should know, understand, value and be able to do…it is neither a
curriculum, nor a syllabus, but a framework, identifying common learning outcomes for all students.”
- This statement needs to be interrogated!
Curriculum Framework - An Outcomes Focus
- “The focus on outcomes represents a major shift in school curriculum from a focus on educational
inputs and time allocation toward an emphasis on the desired results.”
- Let’s contest this! Good teaching has always been outcomes and results focused!
- Tyler (1949)
- A seamless k-12 reform introduced in 1998 after a major review in 1995
- A strongly developmental emphasis with curriculum materials designed around “phases” of
development
Early Childhood (K-3)
Middle Childhood (Year 3-7)
Early Adolescence (Year 7-10)
Late Adolescence (Year 10-12)
Curriculum Framework - Values
- In the CF values are fundamental to the shaping of the curriculum.
- The pursuit of knowledge and a commitment to achievement and potential
- Self acceptance and respect of self
- Respect and concern for others and their rights
- Social and civic responsibility
- Environmental responsibility
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Document Summary
Introduction to teaching and the curriculum frameworks - lecture 6. Engagement (with children in the classroom and ideas to engage in life) Achievement/accomplishment (we want to think and believe that we can do something well- and get feed back form people who matter in relation to the topic) Talked about concept of acts of kindness whenever we engage in this act towards others, we are enhancing their wellbeing as well as ours. Theres a point where we intervene and there is a point where we intervene too often. The cf sets out what all students should know, understand, value and be able to do it is neither a curriculum, nor a syllabus, but a framework, identifying common learning outcomes for all students. The focus on outcomes represents a major shift in school curriculum from a focus on educational inputs and time allocation toward an emphasis on the desired results. Good teaching has always been outcomes and results focused!
