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The Australian curriculum: Continuing the national conversation. by Atweh, Bill, Singh, P.

“…The purpose of this article is to identify some key areas of the Australian curriculum that remain sites of struggle and contestation. …”
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Teaching the Social Sciences and Humanities in an Australian Curriculum by Marsh, Colin, Hart, C.

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The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics - World Class for Déjà Vu by Atweh, Bill, Miller, Donna, Thornton, Steve

“…This chapter raises two questions about the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics: What practices it may inspire and what might be its contributions to the national goals of education. …”
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Connecting with the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics to integrate learning through the proficiency strands by Hurst, Chris

“…A review of the rationale of the draft Australian Curriculum: Mathematics revealed that it has strong links with numeracy, making sense of mathematics, and making connections, both within mathematics itself, and between mathematics and everything else. …”
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Science Teachers’ Understanding of Creative Thinking and How to Foster It as Mandated by the Australian Curriculum by McLure, F., Won, Mihye, Treagust, David

“…Developing students’ creativity is an important educational goal in many countries. The Australian Curriculum Authority has mandated that all teachers teach creative thinking across all subjects and grades. …”
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Teachers' Perspectives of the New Western Australian Earth and Environmental Science Course: Lessons for the Australian Curriculum by Dawson, Vaille, Moore, L.

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Primary Educators’ Knowledge of Grammatical Concepts as Mandated in the Australian Curriculum (English): Comparison of Pre and In-Service Teachers by Mackenzie, Ross Allan

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Two Western Australian Primary Schools’ Responses to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Guidelines on internationalisation in schools by Oakes, Ivan Alvin James

“…This study explores the extent to which two Western Australian primary schools are embracing internationalisation in response to the expectations set by the Australian Curriculum Assessment, and Reporting Authority (ACARA). …”
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Thinking big about mathematics, science, and technology: Effective teaching STEMs from big ideas by Hurst, Chris

“…As well, both the Australian Curriculum: Science and the Australian Curriculum: Technologies acknowledge that understandings do not develop within the confines of a single year. …”
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Virtual history teaching in LAMS by Dobozy, Eva

“…This paper explores the implications of the Australian Curriculum, suggesting the need for new conceptualisations of history teaching in teacher education. …”
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The Australian mathematics curriculum: A move forward or back to the future? by Atweh, Bill, Goos, M.

“…The release of the “Australian curriculum: Mathematics” has generated considerable debate in the education community. …”
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An Australian national science curriculum to meet the needs of all Australians by Groves, Robin Clive

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Cross-national comparisons of the use of formative assessment in Hong Kong and Slovenia by Komljanc, N., Marsh, Colin

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Confirming the conceptual content and structure of a curriculum framework: A Rasch Rating Scale Model approach by Cavanagh, Rob

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Helping Children Learn Mathematics by Reys, R., Lindquist, M., Lambdin, D., Smith, N., Rogers, A., Cooke, Audrey, Ewing, B., Robson, K., Bennett, S.

“…This second edition provides a clear understanding of how to navigate the Australian curriculum, with detailed coverage on how to effectively use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the classroom.…”
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Teacher education students using TPACK in science: a case study by Sheffield, Rachel, Dobozy, Eva, Gibson, D., Mullaney, J., Campbell, C.

“…Due to the new Australian Curriculum, no longer is it possible to plan and implement lessons without considering the inclusion of Information and Communication Technologies. …”
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Addressing secondary students’ academic diversity and the role technology plays by Brooks, Jakob M

“…With identified barriers including the Australian Curriculum, large class size and lack of students’ motivation, intelligent tutoring systems were found to be part of the solution. …”
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Worlds Apart: a comparative analysis of discourses of English in the curricula of England and Australia by Gardner, Paul

“…A comparative analysis of English in the primary curricula of England and Australia reveals markedly different policy perspectives of the functions and purposes of language, literacy and literature in these two Anglophone countries. Whilst the Australian curriculum incorporates ‘the basics’ with broader socio-linguistic views of language in an attempt to construct breadth and balance, the English curriculum is predominantly a didactic adherence to ‘the old basics’. …”
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Programmable toys and free play in early childhood classrooms by Newhouse, C., Cooper, Martin, Cordery, Z.

“…One intention was to see whether this interaction would address some of the requirements of the Digital Technologies subject in the Australian Curriculum. The study was implemented in two phases in consecutive years involving teachers and students from two early childhood classes. …”
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School and university partnerships: The role of teacher education institutions and primary schools in the development of preservice teachers' science teaching efficacy by Petersen, J., Treagust, David

“…Science in the Australian primary school context is in a state of renewal with the recent implementation of the Australian Curriculum: Science. Despite this curriculum renewal, the results of primary students in science have remained static. …”
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