School curriculum
Alternative labels
Education curricula
Curriculum design
Report
Some critical thoughts about critical and creative thinking
Developing creative and critical thinking is a major priority of educators and policy-makers. This paper provides an overview of human cognitive architecture as relevant to how students learn and demonstrate creativity and critical thinking. In doing so, it highlights that general creativity and critical thinking is not something that can be taught.
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The big subtract: why do we care about maths and our declining maths skills?
This report provides reasons for why New Zealand’s school maths scores have decreased over the last decade.
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Building skills for life
This report makes the case for expanding computer science education in primary and secondary schools around the world, and outlines the key challenges standing in the way.
Research Summary
Gender & sexuality diversity in schools (GSDS): parental experiences & schooling responses
A study examining the perceptions of parents of children in K-12 public education regarding the inclusion/exclusion of gender and sexuality diversity in the school curriculum. This snapshot report provides the findings of 616 parents who resided in the state of New South Wales (NSW).
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Writing matters: reversing a legacy of policy failure in Australian education
In the context of national reviews of curriculum and teacher education, this paper traces Australia’s history of policy instability in English literacy education and proposes strategies for improvements and greater accountability.