New curricula and missed opportunities: Crowded curricula, connections, and ‘big ideas’

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New curricula and missed opportunities: Crowded curricula, connections, and ‘big ideas’

The recent review of Australian Curriculum represents an opportunity to significantly change the teaching of primary mathematics in Australia and perhaps elsewhere. The current curriculum document presents content in a linear and compartmentalized manner that dominates its structure and doesn’t expl...

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Main Author:	Hurst, Chris
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2015
Online Access:	http://www.cimt.org.uk/journal/hurst.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9486

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