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Ingrid Purnell Manager, Publishing and Australian Curriculum Projects i.purnell@htav.asn.au

AusVELS History (7–10) Update and Advice . Ingrid Purnell Manager, Publishing and Australian Curriculum Projects i.purnell@htav.asn.au. AusVELS and Australian Curriculum AusVELS blends the Australian Curriculum (AC) with the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS).

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Ingrid Purnell Manager, Publishing and Australian Curriculum Projects i.purnell@htav.asn.au

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  1. AusVELS History (7–10) Update and Advice Ingrid Purnell Manager, Publishing and Australian Curriculum Projects i.purnell@htav.asn.au

  2. AusVELS and Australian Curriculum AusVELS blends the Australian Curriculum (AC) with the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS). In History, the AusVELS content and skills are taken directly from AC.

  3. Time allocations Not mandated AC History written for c. 80 hours pa But, History is AC Phase 1 – high priority

  4. Current context New AusVELS subjects coming in Second iteration of AusVELS Federal review of Australian Curriculum VCE: Review, Extended Investigation Projects, Baccalaureates

  5. AusVELS Physical, Personal & Social Learning Discipline-based Learning Up until now, AusVELS has been a ‘triple helix’. Interdisciplinary Learning

  6. Domains/subjects/learning areas General Capabilities Later this year, AusVELS will become a ‘double helix’. Cross Curriculum Priorities

  7. The second iteration of AusVELS will come in later this year, to be implemented in 2015. It will include the new Australian Curriculum subjects, inc. Geography, Civics & Citizenship.

  8. Implications of new AusVELSMore Humanities content/skills to cover (Geog., Civics) Need more efficient methods to get through contentMore interdisciplinary units? But make sure to retain core discipline skills

  9. Federal curriculum review Education Minister Christopher Pyne

  10. AC review is part of the Coalition’s ‘Four Pillars’ of education:1. Teacher quality2. Parental engagement3. School autonomy4. Curriculum(Part of Global Education Reform Movement)

  11. The Pyne review isto report June/July. Recommendations to be implemented next year.

  12. Likely focus of AC reviewCross Curriculum Priorities (Engagement with Asia,Aboriginal histories and cultures, Sustainability)More emphasis on Anzac Day, Western achievements, Liberal PMs, Judeo-Christian heritage‘Gaia’ theory (Year 10, environment)Making AC more ‘robust’ and ‘flexible’

  13. Implications of reviewChanges may be minimal, e.g. main curriculum stays while Cross Curriculum Priorities are droppedOverviews and most Depth Studies likely to stayStructure is flexible, so teachers should be able to retain areas of interestSo, continue teaching AC to high standard – successful implementation around Australia will be hard to ‘undo’

  14. Curriculum pathwaysSchools that co-ordinate across the year levels to build curriculum pathways tend to have strong VCE results. Make sure the AusVELS Depth Studies you choose complement each other and lead into the VCE subjects in which your school has expertise.

  15. Sample pathway: AsiaNB. In reality this selection would be too narrow, but it gives you an idea of mapping a pathway. Year 7: Ancient China or IndiaYear 8: Ottoman Empire; Japan under shoguns; Mongols Year 9: Movement of peoples (gold rush); Asia and the world; WWI (refer back to Ottomans)Year 10: WWII (Japan focus); Migration experiences (White Australia Policy) VCE: Twentieth Century, Revolutions (China)

  16. Good 7–10 resources‘Teaching AC Units’ website (7–10): www.achistoryunits.edu.au/teaching-history/teaching-history-overview.html;First Peoples exhibition, Melbourne Museum: Year 7 (Investigating Ancient Past) and Year 10 (Rights and Freedoms);ABC Splash, http://splash.abc.net.au/home: (coming soon) ancient Rome game, interactive timeline; Timeline posters (Overviews): www.htav.asn.au/shop/new/timeline-postersLife in the Ancient World (7): www.htav.asn.au/shop/new/life-in-the-ancient-worldHandouts (see next page)

  17. HandoutsAusVELS teaching activities1. Activities for Year 9–10 (22 pages): Industrial Revolution (9), WWI (9), Rights and Freedoms (10)2. Activities for Year 7 (3 pages): Investigating the Ancient Past

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