Geography
Consultation on the draft Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Geography
is now open from 21 June to 27 August 2010.
The Draft Shape Paper has been developed following feedback from a national forum in May 2010. A survey has been developed to help support the national public consultation process which will run till 27 August 2010. This feedback will be used to further revise the draft Shape Paper, which will then be published as The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Geography. This paper will guide the writing of the final K-12 geography curriculum.
Draft timeline for the development of the Australian Curriculum: Geography
Stage | Activity | Timelines |
Curriculum Shaping | Literature review Position Paper Initial Advice Paper | July – August 2009 Sept – November 2009 January – April 2010 |
Consultation | National Forum (27 April) Draft Shape Paper finalised National consultation | May – August 2010 |
Curriculum development | Broad outline; scope and sequence Content descriptions (and elaborations) and achievement standards | October 2010 – February 2011 |
Consultation | National consultation | March – May 2011 |
Publication | Digital publication | September 2011 |
Curriculum development process for the Australian Curriculum: Geography
Geography position paper
The development of the Australian Curriculum for geography begins with a position paper in relation to key matters, including the definition of geography, the organisation of the curriculum, the structure of the curriculum for the senior courses and geography's relationship to other learning areas and subjects.
In developing the position paper for the geography curriculum, ACARA has been assisted by a reference group composed of teachers, school leaders, academics and curriculum experts.
View the composition of the reference group.
Geography initial advice paper
Following the position paper, ACARA appointed Associate Professor Alaric Maude, as the lead writer for the development of the Shape Paper for geography. With the assistance of an advisory group, Professor Maude has drafted the initial Advice Paper, which was examined at a national forum on 27 April 2010. The national forum included over 120 experts, and stakeholders across the education community.
