It is stated: «We need to shift from presenting the Australian Curriculum as a prescriptive set of yearly targets, and instead use
the curriculum as a roadmap of long - term learning progress» (p. 27).
The curriculum: An alternative to viewing the curriculum as a specification of what teachers are to teach and all students are to learn in each year of school (that is, an identified body of content) is to view
the curriculum as a roadmap — a picture of what long - term progress in an area of learning looks like.
The curriculum as roadmap thus has both a horizontal structure identifying different topics and sub-areas of learning, and a vertical structure describing the nature of increasing proficiency.
'... An alternative is to think about
the curriculum as a roadmap... to think about the curriculum as a description of what it means to improve, learn, make progress, develop within a particular [domain of learning].
Not exact matches
With these questions serving
as my
roadmap, not only can I plan differentiated
curriculum, but I also know that I'm looking for data that I can use to differentiate instruction while I'm teaching.
As a comprehensive academic model, the
roadmap is built around five elements of education - a culture of high expectations, demanding
curriculum, engaging instruction, rigorous assessment, and shared leadership.