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Australian Capital Territory
Curriculum and pedagogy
Aboriginal Artist in Residence
This program is offered in all government schools promoting cultural
perspectives in the arts. Cultural and practical workshops are conducted by
Aboriginal artists.
Access Asia Program
The Access Asia Schools Program challenges stereotypical cultural images,
promotes understanding of the contributions made by the peoples of Asia and
considers likely implications of closer Asia-Australia relationships. Sixty
percent of schools participate in the program.
Across Curriculum Perspectives
The Across Curriculum Perspectives encompass those educational and societal
issues that are of such significance that they cross all curriculum boundaries.
The Perspectives should be embedded in all sections of ACT Government school
course documents and be included in all classroom practice. The Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Perspectives and the Multicultural and Australian
Education Perspectives emphasise the acceptance, appreciation and celebration of
diversity including encouraging and accepting the variation and differences in
culture, aspirations, needs and abilities across all areas of schooling.
Curriculum Frameworks
The ACT Curriculum Frameworks are system level curriculum documents developed
for the eight key learning areas of knowledge and experience. These frameworks
arise out of earlier draft frameworks and work carried out nationally on
statements and profiles. Each curriculum framework provides an overview of the
learning area, broad outcomes of the area, assessment and reporting guidelines,
information on content and scope for Preschool to Year 12. The discussion of
learning and teaching and evaluation of programs includes co-operative learning
styles and equity issues.
Discovering Democracy Material
Who is the nation? What sort of nation?, a unit for middle secondary
students, explores the key ideas of national and civic identity,
multiculturalism, pluralism, economics and the nature of the nation state.
Indigenous Education Unit
The Indigenous Education Unit aims to monitor literacy and numeracy outcomes
for Indigenous students, to promote the understanding of Aboriginal culture and
to facilitate strong links with schools and Indigenous students and their
families.
Koori Preschool
The Koori Preschool operates three sessions a week for Indigenous Australian
students. These preschools include an early intervention program designed to
support students in study with a particular focus on literacy.
Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Curriculum Framework
Schools are required to develop curriculum that incorporates a socio-cultural
strand to promote an understanding of culture of the LOTE and the various ways
cultures perceive and narrate experience and organise interpersonal relations.
Students reflect on the role and nature of language and culture in everyday
life, leading to a fuller understanding of their own and others' personal
identity.
Mununja the Butterfly
A story told by Ngunawal elder Don Bell with illustrations by Sigrid Herring.
English version of a Ngunawal/English book for children. Funded by the
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs administered by the ACT
Department of Education and Community Services.
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