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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=109093700-27022010><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>No we are talking about "world class" hence my comment
about whose world. The western world or the third world
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> english-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Lyle
Stebbing<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, 27 February 2010 12:09 AM<BR><B>To:</B> VCE
English Teachers' Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [English]
www.australiancurriculum.edu.au<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Surely the question is 'Whose Reality'?<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> InHouse
<inhouse@mira.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
VCE English Teachers' Mailing List <english@edulists.com.au><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Fri, 26 February, 2010 6:07:46
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [English]
www.australiancurriculum.edu.au<BR></FONT><BR>Don't you just love "world
class"? My question: which or whose world?<BR><BR>Cheryl
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href="mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au"
ymailto="mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au">english-bounces@edulistscom.au</A><BR>[mailto:<A
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On Behalf Of McClenaghan, Douglas J<BR>Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 4:54
PM<BR>To: VCE English Teachers' Mailing List<BR>Subject: RE: [English]
www.australiancurriculum.edu.au<BR><BR>More constipated drivel from the minister
for flatulence.<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au"
ymailto="mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au">english-bounces@edulistscom.au</A>
on behalf of <A href="mailto:stephen@melbpc.org.au"
ymailto="mailto:stephen@melbpc.org.au">stephen@melbpc.org.au</A><BR>Sent: Fri
2/26/2010 3:21 PM<BR>To: <A href="mailto:oz-teachers@rite.ed.qut.edu.au"
ymailto="mailto:oz-teachers@rite.ed.qut.edu.au">oz-teachers@rite.ed.qut..edu.au</A>;
<A href="mailto:oztl_net@listserv.csu.edu.au"
ymailto="mailto:oztl_net@listserv.csu.edu.au">oztl_net@listserv.csu.edu..au</A><BR>Cc:
<A href="mailto:qsitecommunity@edna.edu.au"
ymailto="mailto:qsitecommunity@edna.edu.au">qsitecommunity@edna.edu.au</A>; <A
href="mailto:english@edulists.com.au"
ymailto="mailto:english@edulists.com.au">english@edulists.com.au</A>;<BR><A
href="mailto:offtopic@edulists.com.au"
ymailto="mailto:offtopic@edulists.com.au">offtopic@edulists.com.au</A><BR>Subject:
[English] www.australiancurriculum.edu.au<BR><BR>The Hon Julia Gillard
MP<BR>Minister for Education<BR>Deputy Prime Minister<BR><BR>Delivering the
Education Revolution<BR><BR>SPEECH: National Press Club Address 24
February 2010 Transcript (ed.)<BR><BR><BR>Today I can announce that the draft
curriculum in the first four subjects,<BR>maths, English, science and history,
will be released next Monday March 1st.<BR><BR>It is world class, setting out
not just the essential content for each year<BR>of learning but also the
achievement standards against which students should<BR>be expected to
perform.<BR><BR>This will not be a curriculum 'guide' or a supplement to what
states and<BR>territories currently teach. It will be a comprehensive new
curriculum,<BR>providing a platform for the highest quality teaching.<BR><BR>The
drafts will be refined through an open national consultation process in<BR>the
coming months. Everybody can contribute to the debate. Schools <BR>will try out
the draft curriculum in practice. <BR><BR>>From Monday, the Australian
curriculum will be available through a <BR>>fully<BR>interactive website that
allows anyone to search the whole text for key<BR>topics and content. <BR><BR>It
is already prompting fierce debate and provoking great interest. I can<BR>tell
you, I learned a few things myself when I read it.<BR><BR>It has been developed
by experts, not politicians, but I have to say I am<BR>glad that grammar makes a
strong appearance. For the first time ever,<BR>grammar will be set out
explicitly at every year level from kindergarten<BR>through to year 12; the
content, the ways in which it should be used, and<BR>the other areas of language
and literature to which understanding of grammar<BR>can contribute.<BR><BR>I
urge Australians to view this website at <BR><BR> <<A
href="http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/"
target=_blank>http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au</A>><BR><BR>For too
long, what is taught in schools has been a mystery to Australian<BR>parents and
employers. From next Monday the first tranche of the Australian<BR>national
curriculum will be there for all to see.<BR><BR>For too long, parents and
employers have been anxious that students will<BR>leave school lacking the
skills they need for life and work including<BR>proficiency in reading, writing
and mathematics. As a nation we are about to<BR>move to a national curriculum of
true rigour.<BR><BR>For too long, families have feared moving interstate because
they know their<BR>child would not only have to confront a new school but a new
curriculum.<BR>Next Monday is the beginning of the end of those
days..<BR><BR>Ref: <BR><<A
href="http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Transcripts/Pages/Article"
target=_blank>http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Transcripts/Pages/Article</A><BR>_100224_143429.aspx><BR><BR>--<BR><BR>Cheers
people<BR>Stephen Loosley<BR>Member, Victorian<BR>Institute of
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