QCAA Generational Change: 40 Years to ATAR - Changes to the Senior Syllabus

1. QCAAGenerational Change:40 Years to ATAR- Changes to the Senior Syllabus Paul Herring MACS (Snr) CP

2. Outline: • Overview of rationale and process • My role • Overview of Technologies Suite • Aerospace about face • IT reduction • Designing a course without even the possibility of AL • Overview of development of Digital Solutions subject specifically • Future concerns; considerations * Disclaimer

3. Overview of Process and Implementation schedule: • Biggest change @ 11/12 in 40 years; start with Yr 11 in 2019 • Marzano Taxonomy • Learning Area Reference Groups (LARG) • Expert Writing Team (EWT) • headed by QCAA Review Officers

4. Syllabus development and engagement

5. Technologies KLA Subjects: • Aerospace Systems • Engineering • Food & Nutrition • Design – a replacement for Graphics, Technology Studies & ITS • Digital Solutions – a Computer Science course

6. LARG: Learning Area Reference Group Role: • Oversee; • Fit for purpose; • World-class Makeup of LARG Membership: ~ 6 meetings over 18 months

8. Data Collection: New Courses (#’s extrapolated): Design: Graphics; ITS & Tech Studies combined = 8833 Food & Nutrition = 2375 Digital Solutions = 2139 Engineering = 768 Aerospace = 196 Hospitality – now part of the Applied Suite Current Enrolments (end of 2015): • Graphics 4217 • Home Economics 2375 • ITS 2953 • IPT 2139 • Technology Studies 1663 • Hospitality 847 • Engineering Tech 768 • Aerospace: 196 Two F -10 ACARA Streams: Design Technologies  4 General plus 7 Applied Subjects Digital Technologies  1 General plus 1 Applied subject

11. Problem Based Learning

12. Assessment Overview:

13. IB Style Assessment Criteria:

14. Some Logistical Notes: • Reduced number of assessment tasks - compared existing QSA regime • Put back a year – begins Year 11 2019 • Introductory courses in Year 10 2018 • Time for Textbook development/PD

15. No Work Programs – Prescriptive course • Internal Assessments need to be pre-approved • Reviewers/asssessors replacing current Panels • External Assessment/Exam • 25% weighting • not used as weighting factor

16. Digital Solutions – Some Issues: • Algorithmic Design • Pseudo-code – driver - exam mode • Limited emphasis on diagrammatic approach • DFD – no ER or ORM/CSD • Algorithmic Programming & OOP

17. Significant Information Systems emphasis • Unit 4 – Security; Encryption; Data exchange • Some significant topics not include • Limited emphasis on AI, especially ML • Limited emphasis on Social & Ethical • AR & VR?? • Still have a potential Gender issue despite efforts

18. Technology Suite – Some Further Issues: • Design Subject • very little IT • No real products – prototypes only, though could be hi-fidelity • Aerospace • Enrolment issue • Aviation Industryperogative • Significantly improved syllabus

19. Engineering – a great Applied Physics course • Food & Nutrition • much greater academic rigour • not a cooking class

20. Some challenges re data collection/interpretation: Analogous recent research example: • The problem of the flawed MDA-MB-435 cell line • 1000+ research papers • NOT Breast Cancer • How detrimental has this been • Poor data in, or poor interpretation of initial data inevitably leads to poor outcomes

21. Only One (1) IT Subject: The QCAA state-wide feedback (apparently) revealed that there was a “resounding voice” for only one IT subject in Year 11 & 12 going forward.

22. IT Skills needed in the future workplace IT skills required now requited in workforce as classifiable into the three aspects, or levels of competency. They are: • Digital Literacy; • Digital Fluency, and • Digital Mastery,

23. Questions? David Thodey(former CEO Telstra): • "Yes, you need some good analytical skills and you do need to have digital familiarity, but it’s the integration of technology into solving problems. • … I’m not sure everybody does need to learn coding. • But they do need understand the principals of computation and the impact of technology."