Conference paper
Paradoxical promise and threat: Reviewing the Melbourne Goals
Proceedings of the 2011 ACSA Biennial Curriculum Conference, pp.1-32
Australian Curriculum Studies Association Biennial Curriculum Conference, 2011 (Sydney, Australia, 07-Oct-2011 - 09-Oct-2011)
Australian Curriculum Studies Association Inc.
2011
Abstract
Paradoxically the Australian Curriculum holds out both promise and threat for educational communities in Australia. A Steiner educational perspective suggests that the forward looking aspects of the Australian Curriculum as expressed in the Melbourne Goals may be jeopardised by other more retrogressive elements. This paper proposes various ways to achieve the learning objectives outlined in the Melbourne Goals. Recommendations focus on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and moral development and the way in which these are supported by creative arts learning, developmental theories and methodological approaches. Particularly in the areas of art and creativity, where research indicates learning objectives deliver in terms of critical and creative thinking, self-esteem and empathy, the method and steps of implementation of curriculum content matter greatly. If we accept the objectives expressed in the Melbourne Goals as the best way to move forward into the 21st century then we need to embrace the expanding science of qualitative research and place higher value on descriptive reporting
Details
- Title
- Paradoxical promise and threat: Reviewing the Melbourne Goals
- Authors
- Bronwen Haralambous (Author)
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 2011 ACSA Biennial Curriculum Conference, pp.1-32
- Conference details
- Australian Curriculum Studies Association Biennial Curriculum Conference, 2011 (Sydney, Australia, 07-Oct-2011 - 09-Oct-2011)
- Publisher
- Australian Curriculum Studies Association Inc.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99681597802621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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