National Curriculum, Gonski and Education for All
by Don Hyatt
The National Curriculum 2008
The current National Curriculum was initiated by the Rudd government in 2008. The task of development and implementation was given to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), an independent, non-political body, and agreed by the Ministers of Education in all states and territories in 2009. It was framed around the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (MCEETYA, December 2008) and the implementation was to be consultative and phased in over a several years in 3 phases. The National Curriculum frames the school curriculum from Foundation (= Prep) to Year 12 (F-12).
The construction of the curriculum was in four steps: View More National Curriculum, Gonski and Education for All