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How Will Access and Reliability of Information Communications Technology Resources Affect the Potential Implementation of the Australian Curriculum?
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Murray, Gemma – Victorian Journal of Music Education, 2014
The Australian Government has recently introduced a national based curriculum, known as The Australian Curriculum. This new curriculum is intended to provide quality education for all students (Australian Curriculum, Reporting and Assessment Authority, [ACARA], 2013). This article considers some of the possible implications of the Australian…
Descriptors: Information Technology, National Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
You Mean I Have to Teach Sustainability Too? Initial Teacher Education Students' Perspectives on the Sustainability Cross-Curriculum Priority
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Dyment, Janet E.; Hill, Allen – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
In this paper, we report on an investigation into initial teacher education students' (ITES) understandings of sustainability and the Australian National Curriculum Sustainability Cross Curricular Priority (CCP). We also explore their willingness and capacities to embed the CCP into their own teaching practices. The ITES (N = 392) completed a…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Surveys
Teaching and Learning outside the Classroom: Personal Values, Alternative Pedagogies and Standards
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Waite, Sue – Education 3-13, 2011
The article reports on a recent survey of 334 settings in a county in the South West of England and five case studies exploring current practice and aspirations for learning outdoors for children between the ages of 2 to 11. Practitioners' aspirations for outdoor learning appear to go beyond providing fresh air and "letting off steam"…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Values, Case Studies
Bowland Maths--The CPD Modules
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Onion, Alice – Mathematics Teaching, 2011
One may have heard of Bowland maths and will know something of the "case studies" that were published in 2008. These are substantial mathematics projects, taking five hours, or more, to complete. Most are set in real or realistic contexts, like "designing a smoothy"--Product Wars, or "devising plans to improve road safety"--Reducing Road…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Mathematics Curriculum, Case Studies, Curriculum Development
Talk, Planning and Decision-Making in Interdisciplinary Teacher Teams: A Case Study
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Havnes, Anton – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
A diverse range of social structures, for instance teacher teams, professional communities and teacher learning communities, are established to advance collaboration among teachers. In Norway, Interdisciplinary Teacher Teams (ITTs) have become a common way of organising teachers in schools, recommended in a national curriculum reform in 1997. This…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Case Studies, Participative Decision Making, Team Teaching
Health Risks Information Reaches Secondary School Smokers
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Ridout, Fran; Charlton, Anne; Hutchison, Iain – Health Education Research, 2008
This cross-sectional study aimed to assess smoking prevention and cessation education delivered as part of the UK National Curriculum and to evaluate the relative effectiveness of health, social influence and other/non-health components. In all, 1789 students aged 11-15 from 12 secondary schools completed online surveys assessing smoking status,…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Smoking, Prevention, Social Influences