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The New Australian Curriculum, Teachers And Change Fatigue, Jessica Lyle, Christine Cunningham, Jan Gray
The New Australian Curriculum, Teachers And Change Fatigue, Jessica Lyle, Christine Cunningham, Jan Gray
Dr. Christine Cunningham
A new national curriculum has recently been implemented across Australia. This paper reports on a case study of a regional Western Australia government school as they re-wrote and taught the phase one learning areas: maths, English, science and HASS. Results showed what it is like to work in an environment where continual change is not only expected, but also seen as best practice. Cynical, realistic and even enthusiastic teachers suffer change fatigue after years of rapid and continual curriculum change. The research traces back the reasons why teacher change fatigue might occur using Intuitive Inquiry (Anderson & Braud, 2011) as …
The Australian Baccalaurate: A Preliminary Study, Christine Cunningham
The Australian Baccalaurate: A Preliminary Study, Christine Cunningham
Dr. Christine Cunningham
DURING THE 2010 AUSTRALIAN federal election campaign, the Gillard Government announced plans for a new, internationally recognised senior-school qualifi cation termed the Australian Baccalaureate. This paper details a research project on the new Australian Baccalaureate which investigated its proposed aims, framework and timeline for planning and implementation. The intent of the project was to analyse both the practical and political implications of adding an elite level of secondary curriculum to the roll out of the K–12 Australian Curriculum; compare it to the longer standing International Baccalaureate; and examine the Australian Baccalaureate within the context of internationalising Australia’s curriculum qualifications.