Curriculum and assessment
An interpretation of the new curriculum framework from an assessment point of view.
Arts education is more than entertainment or an after-school pursuit. Lessons to be learnt from a "dramatic" learning experience, based on role play and research into native American tribes.
How bodies are constructed within the popular physical culture in Australia, with implications for health education and promotion via physical education in schools.
Given the opportunity, children show remarkable perception in defining and solving the world's problems.
Revelations about what can go wrong if the child's perspectives are not recognised during an assessment for special educational needs.
Recognising that students have different learning styles is the first step towards planning programs which accomodate these differences.
Exploring children's perceptions of families as part of a classroom activity can be a valuable way of broadening and challenging their pictures of families.
Parental perspectives on their children's progress can be invaluable to the assessment process, as shown by two British examples – ALL ABOUT ME and Guidelines for Writing a Parental Profile.
Social competencies have been highlighted in New Zealand's new curriculum documents, but what criteria do teachers of five-year-olds use when they think about social behaviours?
The proposal that professional development can empower teachers as curriculum leaders and thus enable them to transform curriculum practice is based on the authors' experiences at Australian National Professional Development Program workshops.
