Australian Curriculum Philosophy

Critical issues facing educators today include; educational inequity, socio-economic status of students, cultural diversity, stereotyping, dominate cultural paradigms, and social disadvantage. Because of these issues, educators will be best prepared for classroom life if they find ways to adapt and modify the learning environment in order, to provide for inclusive regardless of the learners needs. All children in Australia are presented with the opportunity to attend schools which are designed to be inclusive for any and all abilities. Due to the diverse nature of the school age population in Australia classrooms are made up of an assortment of needs in relation to social, cognitive, and physical areas of learning.

The Australian Curriculum basically makes sure that it is setting out the essential knowledge, understanding, skills and universal competences that are very essential for all Australian students. The Australian Curriculum makes sure that it defines the learning power of students as groundwork for their future learning, development and vigorous contribution in the Australian society. It makes obvious what every young Australians need to learn as they advance through their schooling. It is the basis for high worth teaching to come across the requirements of everyone of Australian students. Curriculum is intended to progress fruitful learners. Secure and resourceful persons and functioning and informed people (MCEECDYA, 2008, p.13). In 2008, the Australian Government swore to distribute a reasonable and just curriculum for the national's educational system, pulling the job away from the Local and State Governments. The drive of this was to generate a smooth phase of education all the way through the nation, and to also safeguard their countries locus into the 21st century. This essay will reveal the Nation's curriculum, its organization and development that had already been implemented for its initial opening in 2011.

My learning from EDX1450 will influence how I teach HPE by taking a strengths-based approach, addressing the diverse needs of students in health and movement strands, and that health promotion is for all teachers. Through using a strength-based approach, students will recognise that every person has a variety of skills and life experiences to recall in regard to their health and wellbeing (ACARA, 2015e). By focusing on a student’s strengths and abilities it promotes and maximises health and well-being for all students and the wider community. I will modify physical activities with the understanding that students are at varying developmental stages (Callcott et al., 2015). This will ensure that my students have success while also being challenged

A study conducted in 2003 by Ofsted that involved England, Denmark and Finland, showed England’s national curriculum compared to the other two countries was:

Curriculum is designed to develop successful learners. Confident and creative individuals and active and informed citizens (MCEECDYA, 2008, p.13). In 2008, the Australian Government promised to deliver a fair and equitable curriculum for the national’s educational system, taking the task away from the State and Local Governments. The purpose of this was to create an even level of education throughout the country whether in Hobart of Cape York, and to ensure our nations position into the 21st century. This essay will demonstrate the Nation’s curriculum, its structure and development ready for its initial implementation in 2011.

This chapter is all about redefining curriculum themes. The themes teachers do is just topical themes that actually may not benefit the students at all when it comes to development. We need to observe the children and find out what is their interests and use that to expand their learning. If we are going to have a curriculum it should be focus on were the kids are at and not from just a textbook. We need to go from traditional theme planning to developmental theme planning which is focused on the students and helping to develop them. This developmental theme planning will help when students are asking questions, their curiosity, their strengths and interests and their play. Children love to play whether it is pretend, exploration (they want to see how things work, feel, taste and etc.), construction or playing games with rules. Also, using things like birthday parties, fears of children like floods, earthquakes, cleanup, and setup to help provide developmental themes for the systems. It is important we have props beside toys that children can use when it comes to playing so they can explore different things. We should make themes off of observations that we see from our students.

According to the (WHO, 2016) The Ottawa Charter aims to ‘reduce differences in current health status and ensure equal opportunities and resources to enable all people to achieve their fullest health potential.’ The Ottawa charter provides the framework to identify what can be done at a; local community level, state level, national government level and international organisation level (WHO, 2016). In this report the Ottawa charter will be used to demonstrate what action areas that can be addressed to improve the nutrition, health and well-being of students at Centenary Heights State High School (CHSHS). The aim of this report is the focus of strengthening and developing each individual student’s personal skills, to help strengthen students’ nutrition, health and wellbeing. According to Better Health Victoria, developing personal of school students allows ‘people to learn (throughout life) how to prepare themselves for all of its stages and to cope with chronic illness and injuries is essential. This has to be facilitated in school, home, work and community settings.’

NAPLAN gives measure through which governments, training powers and schools can figure out if or not youthful Australians are meeting imperative instructive outcomes. It seems that teachers are pressured into taking time out of regular curriculum in order to satisfy the demands of the National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy testing, on this basis NAPLAN has proven to be a controversial issue for Australian education as testing can cause stress and a range of adverse consequences to the education experience.

The Australian Higher Education quality assurance framework, introduced in 2000, had the core function to ensure that quality assurance policies added value to the higher education sector and positioned Australia as a major stakeholder in the global trend to towards “for profit” higher education. In 2005, the Australian Vice Chancellors’ Committee (AVCC), after reviewing quality assurance frameworks, committed itself through the ‘code of Practice and Guidelines for Australian Universities, to the principle that; “the provision of education services to international students, both on-shore and off-shore, brings with it the ethical commitment that quality education be provided and that value be given for the investment made by international students”

The mid-eighties saw the creation of the Personal Development Framework in Victorian schools. Six distinct areas were targeted to widen students health knowledge: Health education, traffic safety education, physical education, textiles and clothes, home economics and outdoor education (St. Leger, 2006). These areas still exist in the curriculum in contemporary times. The ever-changing role of health promotion has played a key role in the holistic approach that health education now takes (Leahy et al., 2016). New areas have developed and existing areas built upon, such as alcohol and other drugs, food and nutrition, health benefits of physical activity, mental health and wellbeing, relationships and sexuality and safety (VCAA, 2017).

I want to be the student who breaks out of their comfort zone and raises his or her own bar by getting involved in everything this program and school has to offer. I wish to gain knowledge and have a better understanding of another country’s educational system. This comprehension of Australia’s different methodology and policies will help me reshape my philosophy of education, which will later help me expand diversity in the classroom. Griffith University offers classes that I am unable to take at my current college. By having the opportunity to gain knowledge in these exciting classes I will become better equipped to later share this with my students, employers, and fellow classmates. My goal is to teach and use the skills that I will learn

4). The Specific Outcomes from the program of studies that I would be targeting are the following: Students will: P1. Analyze the dimensions of health and their interrelatedness, the impact of the determinants of health, and the dynamic nature of balance in life. P2. Evaluate choices and combinations of choices that can create barriers to achieving and maintaining health, and identify actions to improve health. P4. Develop approaches/tactics for creative problem solving and decision making. P7. Analyze a variety of strategies to achieve and enhance emotional and spiritual well-being. P9. Demonstrate and apply effective communication, conflict resolution and team-building skills. P10. Examine various attitudes, values and behaviours for developing meaningful interpersonal relationships. P11. Examine the relationship between commitment and intimacy in all its levels. P12. Examine aspects of healthy sexuality and responsible sexual behaviour. P13. Investigate how science, technology and media affect wellness. Finally, P14. Evaluate resources and support systems for each dimension of health and well-being for self and others (Alberta Education, 2002). Appendix A is a copy of the handout that would serve to help students not simply view this series, but allow them an opportunity to delve into and explore one of the characters and the choices that they made throughout the 13

Validity refers to what is assessed and how well this corresponds with the behaviour or construct that it is intended to assess (Harlen, 2005, p. 247). In simple words, it is an extent to which an assessment accurately measures what it is intended to measure.

In exploring the Australian Curriculum, it becomes apparent that this curriculum was developed to encompass a wide range of skills and abilities that will be needed to enable young Australians to become productive and successful members of society of the future. The influence of a range of different curriculum models and education theories has bought together a comprehensive overview of what the Australian education system will deliver and how this can be accomplished.

I believe that physical education and health give a unique opportunity to the students to contribute to the overall well-being and student’s development. As a teacher I believe that the most important things that I can teach my students is a love to be physically active because i believe that physical ability will affect every aspect of student’s life including their mental health, academic achievement, self-esteem, social competency and ability to function well in any environment. The purpose of physical education and health class is to provide the concepts of health and skill related fitness in order to create the student with continuous physically active that can promote the development of life long movers. Physical education and health