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An Introduction to
               The Australian Curriculum:
                     Mathematics
                          Denise Neal




Department of Education
Learning Intentions
• Develop a shared awareness of the structure and intent of
  the Australian Curriculum: mathematics
• Develop a shared understanding of the requirements for
  Tasmanian schools for 2011/ 2012
• Build awareness of the key resources to support your
  work as curriculum leaders
• Ask questions to guide future planning for your school




Department of Education
Success criteria
       • Increased your individual and shared understanding
         of the structure and intent of the Australian
         curriculum: mathematics
       • Considered your school context in relation to the
         implementation plan for Tasmanian schools and
         your school improvement plan
       • Know how to access resources to support your
         work as a school mathematics leader
       • Asked more questions than you have answers!


Department of Education
In order to achieve improved outcomes
  for all students, it is necessary to align
  curriculum, pedagogies and assessment
  (Lingard et al, 2003). When we have a
  shared understanding of intended
  student outcomes, we can shape what
  curriculum could or should look like.

Department of Education
Curriculum,
           pedagogy and assessment




Source: Churchill et al 2010
What to teach vs How to teach
     • The Australian Curriculum will make clear what
       we want all young Australians to learn.

     • Classroom teachers are best placed to make
       decisions about how to organise learning for their
       students and the pedagogical approach/es
       required.



Department of Education
Department of Education
Development of the Learning Areas
                     Learning areas                   Timeline
       English                                        2008-2010
       Mathematics                                    2008-2010
       Science                                        2008-2010
       Humanities and social sciences
       •History                                       2008-2010
       •Geography                                     2010-2012
                                                      2011-2013
       •Economics, Business, Civics and citizenship
       The arts                                       2010-2012
       Languages                                      2010-2012
       Health and physical education                  2011-2013
       Design and the technologies                    2011-2013




Department of Education
   8
What is being developed?
     • A K-12 curriculum

     • Connects with and builds on Early Years Learning
       Framework (Birth-5)

     • Guided by the Melbourne Declaration on Educational
       Goals for Young Australians (December 2008)



Department of Education
What will be provided?
     • Curriculum content that specifies what teachers
       are expected to teach for each year level with
       additional description or examples (content
       elaborations)
     • Achievement standards describing quality of
       learning
     • Advice on how student achievement will be
       reported.


Department of Education
General Capabilities
     • The Shape of the Australian Curriculum 
       identifies seven general capabilities to be
       addressed in the Australian curriculum




Department of Education
General Capabilities
     •   Literacy              •              Intercultural understanding
     •   Numeracy              •              Ethical Behaviour
     •   ICT                   •              Personal and social
     •   Critical and creative                competence
         thinking

     Not all capabilities are considered inherent to all subjects




Department of Education
Cross Curriculum Priorities
     • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
       histories and cultures: to ensure that all young
       Australians have the opportunity to learn about,
       acknowledge and respect the history and culture of
       Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders
     • Sustainability
     • Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia.




Department of Education
Shape of the Australian Curriculum:
               Mathematics, 2009

                                •   http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/
                                    _resources/Australian_Curricul
                                    um_-_Maths.pdf




Department of Education
Clarity
       • Documents should communicate succinctly the important ideas of
         the curriculum. Hattie and Timperley (2007) reviewed a wide
         range of studies and found that teacher feedback to students is a
         key determinant of effective learning and that good feedback
         involves making explicit to students what they should be doing,
         how they are performing, and what is the next phase in their
         learning. Teachers do this while they are interacting with
         students, and so need to know the purpose of the current
         student activity, the expected standards for performance, and
         subsequent learning goals. A clearly, succinctly written curriculum
         will assist in this.




Department of Education
Depth vs breadth
       • The curriculum should enable teachers to extend students in more depth
         in key topics, and one of the challenges will be to identify which are those
         more important topics. Fractions and decimals are examples of those
         more important topics, as are the principles of measurement. Long
         division is an example of a topic which could be given less emphasis. As an
         example of how advanced students might be extended in a basic topic,
         like perimeter and area of regular and irregular shapes, such students
         could be posed a question like: ‘Can you describe some shapes that have
         the same number of perimeter units as area units?’ This creates
         opportunities for examination of a range of shapes, for use of algebraic
         methods, and even the historical dimension of this problem.




Department of Education
Pedagogy
   7.1 The preceding discussion on the content and organisation of a national
      mathematics curriculum is based on some pedagogical assumptions, which include
      that:
   • it is preferable for students to study fewer aspects in more depth rather than
      studying more aspects superficially
   • challenging problems can be posed using basic content, and content acceleration
      may not be the best way to extend the best students
   • effective sets of ideas with goals for key phases specified are preferable to
      disconnected experiences, even though they may be rich ones
   • teachers can make informed classroom decisions interactively if they are aware of
      the development of key ideas, and a clear succinct description will assist in this
   • effective use of digital technologies can enhance the relevance of the content and
      processes for learning
   • teachers can make mathematics inclusive by using engaging experiences that can
      be differentiated both for students experiencing difficulty and those who can
      complete the tasks easily.

   Shape paper, p.14

Department of Education
Key messages:
       • Three content strands:
          ▫ Number and algebra
          ▫ Geometry and measurement
          ▫ Statistics and probability

       • Four proficiency strands:
          ▫   Understanding
          ▫   Fluency
          ▫   Problem solving
          ▫   Reasoning




Department of Education
The four proficiency strands in the Australian mathematics curriculum are:

 Understanding, which includes building robust knowledge of adaptable and
 transferable mathematical concepts, the making of connections between
 related concepts, the confidence to use the familiar to develop new ideas, and
 the ‘why’ as well as the ‘how’ of mathematics.

 Fluency, which includes skill in choosing appropriate procedures, carrying out
 procedures flexibly, accurately, efficiently and appropriately, and recalling
 factual knowledge and concepts readily.

 Problem solving, which includes the ability to make choices,
 interpret, formulate, model and investigate problem situations, and
 communicate solutions effectively.

 Reasoning, which includes the capacity for logical thought and actions, such
 as analysing, proving, evaluating, explaining, inferring, justifying, and generalising



Department of Education
Changes since
     the May 2010
     Version:
     • sub-strands added
     • some content removed
     or moved up or down
     grade levels
     • please shred any copies
     of May 2010 version and
     ensure staff are working
     with December 2010
     version!

Department of Education
Peter Sullivan: Lead Writer

                             http://www.australiancurriculu
                             m.edu.au/Mathematics/Introdu
                             ction




Department of Education
Let’s look at the curriculum!




Department of Education
Rationale, Aims and Organisation
     • Why this learning area is an important
       part of the curriculum
     • What the broad goals of this learning area
       are
     • How the curriculum is organised in this
       learning area


Department of Education
Content Descriptions
     • What students will be taught
     • Specified for every learning area by year of
       schooling
     • Includes: discipline knowledge, skills and
       understandings; and general capabilities and
       cross curriculum dimensions
     • Supported with examples (elaborations)


Department of Education
Achievement Standards
     • The quality of learning expected of students
       who are taught the content
     • Specified for each learning area by year of
       schooling
     • Students reaching the standard are well able to
       progress to the next level
     • Illustrated with work samples


Department of Education
Task
     • Share with a partner three key messages
       you need to have to be informed when
       leading your school’s exploration of
       mathematics within the Australian
       Curriculum




Department of Education
Timeline –phase 1
     • 2011 – a preparation year for phase one areas –
       English, mathematics and science. An awareness-
       raising of history.
     • 2012 – full implementation of English, mathematics
       and science.
     • 2013 – full implementation of history.
     http://www.education.tas.gov.au/curriculum/australian



Department of Education
Stages of Implementation

     • Preparation stage - awareness raising,
       familiarisation and developing
       understanding
     • Implementation stage – include planning,
       teaching, assessing and reporting using the
       Australian Curriculum.



Department of Education
Timeline Advantages

     • Meets our national agreements to show
       substantial implementation in all phase one
       areas by the end of 2013.
     • Provides additional time for
       implementation of history with the
       potential to align it with geography.


Department of Education
Assessment & reporting 2011
     • Maintain existing assessment and reporting
       arrangements
     • Avoids a dual system during implementation and
       potential confusion for teachers and the
       community
     • EPS will map current standards against the
       Australian curriculum standards
     • Central reporting expectations will continue.



Department of Education
Support: professional learning

     • Through the Learning Services.
     • Partnerships with professional associations,
       other sectors and UTAS through the
       Teacher Learning Centre.
     • Additional curriculum officers.




Department of Education
Support: resources
     • Bridging documents – what’s the same?
       what’s new? http://ecentre.education.tas.gov.au/txtlstvw.aspx?
         LstID=c8782e41-f0f3-4f3d-b8c9-67b194f64e0d

     •   Intros – general and subject specific
     •   Information sheets for teachers & parents
     •   Access to online resources
     •   Newsletter updates


Department of Education
Support/resources
             http://ecentre.education.tas.gov.au/C6/Curriculum%20Centre/default.aspx




Department of Education
Where to find out more / provide
                    feedback

     • http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/H
       ome




Department of Education
Task
         What do you need to do tomorrow, next
         week and throughout this year to support
         others in building capacity to introduce this
         curriculum in 2012?




Department of Education

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Australian curriculum maths

  • 1. An Introduction to The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics Denise Neal Department of Education
  • 2. Learning Intentions • Develop a shared awareness of the structure and intent of the Australian Curriculum: mathematics • Develop a shared understanding of the requirements for Tasmanian schools for 2011/ 2012 • Build awareness of the key resources to support your work as curriculum leaders • Ask questions to guide future planning for your school Department of Education
  • 3. Success criteria • Increased your individual and shared understanding of the structure and intent of the Australian curriculum: mathematics • Considered your school context in relation to the implementation plan for Tasmanian schools and your school improvement plan • Know how to access resources to support your work as a school mathematics leader • Asked more questions than you have answers! Department of Education
  • 4. In order to achieve improved outcomes for all students, it is necessary to align curriculum, pedagogies and assessment (Lingard et al, 2003). When we have a shared understanding of intended student outcomes, we can shape what curriculum could or should look like. Department of Education
  • 5. Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment Source: Churchill et al 2010
  • 6. What to teach vs How to teach • The Australian Curriculum will make clear what we want all young Australians to learn. • Classroom teachers are best placed to make decisions about how to organise learning for their students and the pedagogical approach/es required. Department of Education
  • 8. Development of the Learning Areas Learning areas Timeline English 2008-2010 Mathematics 2008-2010 Science 2008-2010 Humanities and social sciences •History 2008-2010 •Geography 2010-2012 2011-2013 •Economics, Business, Civics and citizenship The arts 2010-2012 Languages 2010-2012 Health and physical education 2011-2013 Design and the technologies 2011-2013 Department of Education 8
  • 9. What is being developed? • A K-12 curriculum • Connects with and builds on Early Years Learning Framework (Birth-5) • Guided by the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (December 2008) Department of Education
  • 10. What will be provided? • Curriculum content that specifies what teachers are expected to teach for each year level with additional description or examples (content elaborations) • Achievement standards describing quality of learning • Advice on how student achievement will be reported. Department of Education
  • 11. General Capabilities • The Shape of the Australian Curriculum  identifies seven general capabilities to be addressed in the Australian curriculum Department of Education
  • 12. General Capabilities • Literacy • Intercultural understanding • Numeracy • Ethical Behaviour • ICT • Personal and social • Critical and creative competence thinking Not all capabilities are considered inherent to all subjects Department of Education
  • 13. Cross Curriculum Priorities • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures: to ensure that all young Australians have the opportunity to learn about, acknowledge and respect the history and culture of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders • Sustainability • Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia. Department of Education
  • 14. Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics, 2009 • http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/ _resources/Australian_Curricul um_-_Maths.pdf Department of Education
  • 15. Clarity • Documents should communicate succinctly the important ideas of the curriculum. Hattie and Timperley (2007) reviewed a wide range of studies and found that teacher feedback to students is a key determinant of effective learning and that good feedback involves making explicit to students what they should be doing, how they are performing, and what is the next phase in their learning. Teachers do this while they are interacting with students, and so need to know the purpose of the current student activity, the expected standards for performance, and subsequent learning goals. A clearly, succinctly written curriculum will assist in this. Department of Education
  • 16. Depth vs breadth • The curriculum should enable teachers to extend students in more depth in key topics, and one of the challenges will be to identify which are those more important topics. Fractions and decimals are examples of those more important topics, as are the principles of measurement. Long division is an example of a topic which could be given less emphasis. As an example of how advanced students might be extended in a basic topic, like perimeter and area of regular and irregular shapes, such students could be posed a question like: ‘Can you describe some shapes that have the same number of perimeter units as area units?’ This creates opportunities for examination of a range of shapes, for use of algebraic methods, and even the historical dimension of this problem. Department of Education
  • 17. Pedagogy 7.1 The preceding discussion on the content and organisation of a national mathematics curriculum is based on some pedagogical assumptions, which include that: • it is preferable for students to study fewer aspects in more depth rather than studying more aspects superficially • challenging problems can be posed using basic content, and content acceleration may not be the best way to extend the best students • effective sets of ideas with goals for key phases specified are preferable to disconnected experiences, even though they may be rich ones • teachers can make informed classroom decisions interactively if they are aware of the development of key ideas, and a clear succinct description will assist in this • effective use of digital technologies can enhance the relevance of the content and processes for learning • teachers can make mathematics inclusive by using engaging experiences that can be differentiated both for students experiencing difficulty and those who can complete the tasks easily. Shape paper, p.14 Department of Education
  • 18. Key messages: • Three content strands: ▫ Number and algebra ▫ Geometry and measurement ▫ Statistics and probability • Four proficiency strands: ▫ Understanding ▫ Fluency ▫ Problem solving ▫ Reasoning Department of Education
  • 19. The four proficiency strands in the Australian mathematics curriculum are: Understanding, which includes building robust knowledge of adaptable and transferable mathematical concepts, the making of connections between related concepts, the confidence to use the familiar to develop new ideas, and the ‘why’ as well as the ‘how’ of mathematics. Fluency, which includes skill in choosing appropriate procedures, carrying out procedures flexibly, accurately, efficiently and appropriately, and recalling factual knowledge and concepts readily. Problem solving, which includes the ability to make choices, interpret, formulate, model and investigate problem situations, and communicate solutions effectively. Reasoning, which includes the capacity for logical thought and actions, such as analysing, proving, evaluating, explaining, inferring, justifying, and generalising Department of Education
  • 20. Changes since the May 2010 Version: • sub-strands added • some content removed or moved up or down grade levels • please shred any copies of May 2010 version and ensure staff are working with December 2010 version! Department of Education
  • 21. Peter Sullivan: Lead Writer http://www.australiancurriculu m.edu.au/Mathematics/Introdu ction Department of Education
  • 22. Let’s look at the curriculum! Department of Education
  • 23. Rationale, Aims and Organisation • Why this learning area is an important part of the curriculum • What the broad goals of this learning area are • How the curriculum is organised in this learning area Department of Education
  • 24. Content Descriptions • What students will be taught • Specified for every learning area by year of schooling • Includes: discipline knowledge, skills and understandings; and general capabilities and cross curriculum dimensions • Supported with examples (elaborations) Department of Education
  • 25. Achievement Standards • The quality of learning expected of students who are taught the content • Specified for each learning area by year of schooling • Students reaching the standard are well able to progress to the next level • Illustrated with work samples Department of Education
  • 26. Task • Share with a partner three key messages you need to have to be informed when leading your school’s exploration of mathematics within the Australian Curriculum Department of Education
  • 27. Timeline –phase 1 • 2011 – a preparation year for phase one areas – English, mathematics and science. An awareness- raising of history. • 2012 – full implementation of English, mathematics and science. • 2013 – full implementation of history. http://www.education.tas.gov.au/curriculum/australian Department of Education
  • 28. Stages of Implementation • Preparation stage - awareness raising, familiarisation and developing understanding • Implementation stage – include planning, teaching, assessing and reporting using the Australian Curriculum. Department of Education
  • 29. Timeline Advantages • Meets our national agreements to show substantial implementation in all phase one areas by the end of 2013. • Provides additional time for implementation of history with the potential to align it with geography. Department of Education
  • 30. Assessment & reporting 2011 • Maintain existing assessment and reporting arrangements • Avoids a dual system during implementation and potential confusion for teachers and the community • EPS will map current standards against the Australian curriculum standards • Central reporting expectations will continue. Department of Education
  • 31. Support: professional learning • Through the Learning Services. • Partnerships with professional associations, other sectors and UTAS through the Teacher Learning Centre. • Additional curriculum officers. Department of Education
  • 32. Support: resources • Bridging documents – what’s the same? what’s new? http://ecentre.education.tas.gov.au/txtlstvw.aspx? LstID=c8782e41-f0f3-4f3d-b8c9-67b194f64e0d • Intros – general and subject specific • Information sheets for teachers & parents • Access to online resources • Newsletter updates Department of Education
  • 33. Support/resources http://ecentre.education.tas.gov.au/C6/Curriculum%20Centre/default.aspx Department of Education
  • 34. Where to find out more / provide feedback • http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/H ome Department of Education
  • 35. Task What do you need to do tomorrow, next week and throughout this year to support others in building capacity to introduce this curriculum in 2012? Department of Education

Notas del editor

  1. While the curriculum will make clear to teachers a scope and sequence for what should be taught and what achievement standards are expected of students, classroom teachers will make decisions about how best to organise learning, the contexts for learning and the depth of learning that will be pursued to ensure effective learning outcomes for each child in their class.
  2. 2008-2010 saw the development of the Foundation to Year 10 Australian Curriculum for English, mathematics, science and history. Senior secondary curriculum in these learning areas continues to be developed in 2011. 2010 – 2012 Foundation to Year 12 Australian Curriculum for geography, languages and the arts are planned for development. 2010-2013 will see the development of the Foundation to Year 12 Australian Curriculum including a focus on health and physical education, information and communication technology, design and technology, economics, business and civics and citizenship. Each phase of development involves comprehensive consultation, review and revision processes. Once approved by the ACARA Board, the curriculum is then presented to the Australian education ministers for final endorsement prior to publication. ACARA’s Curriculum Development Process paper describes the process that is being used to develop the Australian Curriculum. It is available at www.acara.edu.au Learning areas currently not included in the Australian Curriculum will continue to be the responsibility of state and territory education authorities.
  3. The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is responsible for the development of the Australian curriculum for specified areas
  4. Classroom teachers will make decisions about the pedagogical approach.
  5. Interwoven in all curriculum areas
  6. Not contained in the Mathematics curriculum.
  7. The Rationale describes the nature of the learning area in general terms and provides an outline of how learning in this area relates to the contemporary world and current practice. It explains the place and purpose of the learning area in the school curriculum and explains how it contributes to meeting the goals in the national declaration. The rationale provides teachers with a clear sense of the place of the learning area within the whole school curriculum. The Aims of the learning area identify the major learning that students will be able to demonstrate as a result of learning from the curriculum. The Organisation section provides an overview of how the curriculum is organised in a particular learning area. The curriculum across K–12 will be developed in a way that supports and coherently presents the continuity of learning, but which also provides for changing emphases across the K–12 range.
  8. Content descriptions specify what teachers are expected to teach. They include knowledge, skills and understanding for each learning area and are described for each year level. The content descriptions will provide a scope and sequence to assist teaching and learning. Within this scope and sequence, teachers will continue to apply their professional judgment regarding what to cover and how to best cater for individual learning needs and interests.
  9. Achievement standards will describe the quality of learning students should demonstrate in relation to the content for each year of schooling. The achievement standards will focus on students’: - depth of understanding - extent of knowledge - sophistication of skills. Student work samples will illustrate the achievement standards. For K-10, the achievement of the described standard will mean that a student is well able to progress to the next level of learning.