While curriculum reform is relatively easy to announce, changing what happens in classrooms is much harder.
Articles on school curriculum
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Nationals leader Matt Canavan says boys are ‘sick and tired of the feminisation’ of Australia’s curriculum. An education professor explains how it works.
Early childhood is an important stage where children develop curiosity, values and problem-solving skills.
Analysing over 25 years of VCE lists revealed a rising proportion of works addressing social justice, identity, postcolonial perspectives and environmental themes.
There are areas of biology that may be considered optional at younger year levels, such as botany, entomology and marine ecosystems. Evolution is not one of these.
A new Grattan Institute report found only 15% of surveyed teachers have access to a high-quality bank of teaching materials at their school.
The Ukraine war shows how important agile and critical social media use can be. It’s a reminder that our English curriculum in schools is out of touch with our world of digital communication.
More of the curriculum is devoted to climate change, but it’s still not presented holistically. Teachers also need more training and resources to help them prepare students for a changing climate.
Researchers argue that because all learning involves language, language and literacy should be taught explicitly across all school subjects. Language must be understood and learned in context.
A free speech expert defines censorship and applies that lesson to current political struggles in the US to ban books from public schools and libraries.
Preparing young people for their future requires teachers to be climate change educators, but the federal government has resisted its inclusion in the curriculum. It’s up to states to take the lead.
It is important for people who are part of educational institutions to honour the year-round significance of the new National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30.
A civil rights scholar looks at the large number of anti-transgender policies being debated and passed in state capitols. They are a staple issue for conservatives who want to rally their base.
Research shows that grit is a strong predictor of reading achievement. This suggests that socio-emotional skills are important for student achievement, even in high-poverty contexts.
The inclusion of new topics in Ghana’s comprehensive sex education curriculum has split opinions among parents.
Canadians for the most part have been well served with dispassionate professional judgements about matters of public interest, except when it comes to what kids learn at school.
Leaked curriculum drafts in Alberta show a desire to revive old colonial myths. To face today’s challenges, we need stories that teach how humans are related to each other and to all life forms.
A shortage of competent and qualified maths teachers is a key contributing factor to the low maths performance of South African school children.
Objections raised about the school syllabus by parents, schools and civil society point to a bigger problem with the state.
Despite calls for climate change to be part of our education, Australia has not designed, implemented nor funded a coherent, educational approach to our climate emergency.
Top contributors
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Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior Lecturer in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Botswana
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Research Assistant, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Professor of Education, Penn State
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Emeritus Professor of Education and Director of Oracy Cambridge, University of Cambridge
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
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Lecturer, Education, Monash University
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Associate Professor and Research Fellow in the Learning Sciences Institute Australia (LSIA), Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Curriculum Studies and Philosophy of Education, Indiana University
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Associate professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow, The Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Professor, Digital Transformation, Monash University