Aims
The Australian Curriculum: Languages aims to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to ensure students: communicate in the target language understand language, culture, and learning and their relationship, and thereby develop an intercultural …
Aims | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Key ideas
Language and culture The interrelationship of language, culture and learning provides the foundation for the Australian Curriculum: Languages. In the languages learning area the focus is on both language and culture, as students learn to communicate meaningfully …
Key ideas | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Structure
Learner background and time-on-task are two major variables that influence language learning and they provide the basis for the structure of the Australian Curriculum: Languages. These variables are addressed through the specification of content and the …
Structure | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Student diversity
ACARA is committed to the development of a high-quality curriculum that promotes excellence and equity in education for all Australian students. All students are entitled to rigorous, relevant and engaging learning programs drawn from the Australian Curriculum: …
Student diversity | Languages | F-10 curriculum
General capabilities
In the Australian Curriculum, general capabilities encompass knowledge, skills, behaviours, and dispositions that, together with curriculum content in each learning area and the cross-curriculum priorities, will enable students to live and work successfully …
General capabilities | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Cross-curriculum priorities
The Australian Curriculum gives special attention to three cross-curriculum priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia sustainability. The cross-curriculum priorities are embedded …
Cross-curriculum priorities | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Introduction Work Studies
The Australian Curriculum: Work Studies, Years 9–10 has been written in response to key work-related issues facing young people today and into the future. This is a world-leading, future-oriented curriculum, equal in quality, value and rigour …
Introduction | Work Studies | F-10 curriculum
Rationale Work Studies
Work has intrinsic value and is a fundamental part of everyday life. It fosters human dignity, independence and a sense of personal worth. It is recognised as a right of all people. In an increasingly globalised world, the nature of work …
Rationale | Work Studies | F-10 curriculum
Aims Work Studies
The Australian Curriculum: Work Studies, Years 9–10 aims to ensure that students in Years 9 and 10 develop: knowledge of the world of work and the importance of lifelong learning capacities to manage careers, change and …
Aims | Work Studies | F-10 curriculum
Nature of work studies Work Studies
Applied learning Practically-based learning in realistic contexts is recognised internationally as being important for students in preparing for the world of work. Applied learning is essentially teacher-guided and student-centred. …
Nature of work studies | Work Studies | F-10 curriculum
Structure Work Studies
The design, organisation and structure of the Work Studies Years 9–10 curriculum provides flexibility for schools to draw on the interests, capabilities and contexts of their students. It allows schools to accommodate school structures and processes, …
Structure | Work Studies | F-10 curriculum
PDF documents Work Studies
Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: Work Studies are available as PDF documents. Work Studies: Sequence of content Work Studies: Sequence of achievement
PDF documents | Work Studies | F-10 curriculum
Overview of the senior secondary Australian Curriculum
ACARA has developed a senior secondary Australian Curriculum for English, Mathematics, Science and Humanities and Social Sciences. The senior secondary Australian Curriculum specifies content and achievement standards for each senior secondary subject. …
Overview of the senior secondary Australian Curriculum | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Senior secondary English subjects
The senior secondary Australian Curriculum for English is presented in four subjects that share common features. These include the continuing development of students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in listening, speaking, reading, viewing and writing. …
Senior secondary English subjects | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10
Each senior secondary English subject draws upon, develops and emphasises different knowledge, understandings, skills and processes related to the strands of Language, Literature and Literacy used in the Foundation to Year 10 curriculum. The emphasis …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities
The senior secondary English curriculum values the histories, cultures, traditions and languages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and their central place in contemporary Australian society and culture. Through the study of texts, students …
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Overview of the senior secondary Australian Curriculum
ACARA has developed a senior secondary Australian Curriculum for English, Mathematics, Science and Humanities and Social Sciences. The senior secondary Australian Curriculum specifies content and achievement standards for each senior secondary subject. …
Overview of the senior secondary Australian Curriculum | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Senior secondary Mathematics subjects
The Senior Secondary Australian Curriculum: Mathematics consists of four subjects in mathematics, with each subject organised into four units. The subjects are differentiated, each focusing on a pathway that will meet the learning needs of a particular …
Senior secondary Mathematics subjects | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities
The senior secondary Mathematics curriculum values the histories, cultures, traditions and languages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ past and ongoing contributions to contemporary Australian society and culture. Through the study of …
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Glossary
Essential Mathematics Glossary General Mathematics Glossary Mathematical Methods Glossary Specialist Mathematics Glossary
Glossary | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum