PP1 - maintains a consistent focus on the overall purposes of the curriculum.
Context
Context
To synthesise the above, the articles below consider the salient and pertinent characteristics of the principle.
"The evidence considered for Successful Futures reinforced the need for common purposes that apply to all children and young people and promote high aspirations and a determination to achieve. Young people should all leave school having experienced a broad education that equips them to thrive in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing world."
Successful Futures
Independent Review of Curriculum and Assessment Arrangements in Wales Professor Graham Donaldson CB February 2015
Chapter 5: Pedagogy
1. Good teaching and learning maintains a consistent focus on the overall purposes of the curriculum
A central theme in the Review has been the need to be clear about the overall purposes that the curriculum is seeking to serve. That principle should apply equally to the selection of teaching and learning approaches. While it is difficult to maintain such a long-term focus on a day-to-day basis, it is important that the balance of experiences offered to children and young people is regularly reviewed in relation to the curriculum purposes. The four curriculum purposes proposed by the Review will inevitably require a wide repertoire of teaching and learning approaches. By embedding the Cross-curriculum Responsibilities and wider skills in each Area of Learning and Experience the new structure gives clear signals about related teaching approaches. The intention is to release the creativity and energy of teachers to provide rich learning for children and young people.
https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2018-03/successful-futures.pdf
Successful Futures.pdfSuccessful Futures Report (chapter 3)
Prof G. Donaldson 2015
Welsh Government
https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2018-03/successful-futures.pdf
Brief Overview of Context:
This chapter explains why the Review proposes that there should be a straightforward, enduring statement of curriculum purposes for Wales. It analyses and discusses relevant findings, policies and priorities that should inform the development of those purposes and finally sets out the Review’s four proposed purposes.
Curriculum for Wales Myth Busting
Brief Overview of Context:
Prior to and increasingly more so since the publication of the draft Curriculum for Wales, several myths and misinterpretations have emerged that are contrary to the intentions of those involved in the design and development. In this document, we seek to dispel some of these myths and provide some balance where unhelpful dichotomies have begun to emerge.
Mythbusting CfW.docxCurriculum for Wales Resources
Brief Overview of Context:
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