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Integrating Vocational Education And Training For Secondary School Students, Justin Brown
Integrating Vocational Education And Training For Secondary School Students, Justin Brown
NSW Curriculum Review
This paper is a research ‘backgrounder’ to support the 2018–19 review of the New South Wales (NSW) curriculum. It focuses on the topic of ‘integrating’ vocational education and training (VET) programs for secondary school students, which has been identified as an area of interest in the review. The paper begins by detailing the context, in Australia and internationally, for the introduction and expansion of vocational offerings within secondary schooling (Section 1). It then reviews the available research literature and policy documents on VET programs for secondary school students in Australia, including a review of the benefits and challenges (Section 2). …
Changing Priorities? The Role Of General Capabilities In The Curriculum, Paul R. Weldon
Changing Priorities? The Role Of General Capabilities In The Curriculum, Paul R. Weldon
NSW Curriculum Review
This background paper takes a brief look at the history of the development of general capabilities in Australia, including in the vocational and higher education sectors, and the current state of play. It then considers some of the issues inherent in what has been called the skills movement, and the incorporation of skills into the curriculum internationally.
Balancing Prescriptiveness And Flexibility In The School Curriculum, Jen Jackson
Balancing Prescriptiveness And Flexibility In The School Curriculum, Jen Jackson
NSW Curriculum Review
This paper is one of three research ‘backgrounders’ to support the 2018–19 review of the New South Wales (NSW) curriculum. It focuses on the issue of prescriptiveness or flexibility in curriculum, which has been identified as an area of interest in the review. The Terms of Reference require the review to consider the appropriate scope for school community choices about content. Given that the NSW curriculum is characterised by a relatively high level of prescriptiveness, this is understood as involving consideration of whether a more flexible approach may be desirable. This paper therefore seeks to provide an evidence base, based …