[Design and Technology] Consultation forums on Australian Curriculum: Technologies

[Tran, Lorraine I]

Dear colleague

VCAA is conducting a series of consultation forums on the Draft Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Technologies.

A notice about the forum was sent to schools on Tuesday 24 April: http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/correspondence/notices/2012/39.html


Consultation on Australian Curriculum: Technologies Draft Shape Paper – Design Creativity and Technology (Foundation – Year 12)

Design and technology educators (including food and technology, systems engineering, agricultural and horticultural studies teachers) are invited to contribute to the development of Victoria’s response to the draft Shape Paper for primary and secondary Australian Technologies curriculum by participating in a consultation program.

Three consultation sessions will be conducted.

A face-to-face forum for primary and secondary teachers and other interested stakeholders will be held at the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority on Tuesday 8 May from 4.30pm–7:00pm. Registrations for this forum close on Friday 4 May. To register, please visit: www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/natcurric/registrations.html<http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/natcurric/registrations.html> or
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/natcurric/registrations.html#H2N1006F (Please register using the Design, Creativity and Technology form.)

The following forums will be conducted in conjunction with subject associations:

■Home Economics Victoria e-seminar on Tuesday 15 May from 5:00pm – 6:30pm; participants register by emailing office at hev.com.au<mailto:office at hev.com.au>
■Design and Technology Teachers Association of Victorian (DATTA Vic) 2012 Annual Conference on Friday 18 May from 9:00 – 10:30am at Northland College of the Arts and Technology, register at http://www.datta.vic.edu.au/conference/index.html

In addition:
■Agricultural and Horticultural teachers wishing to contribute to a VAAHE response should contact Seleena Nichols at Padua College on 5976 0100 prior to May 4.

Participants in any of the above forums are urged to read the Draft Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Technologies prior to attending a consultation program. The paper is available from the ACARA website:  http://www.acara.edu.au/curriculum/technologies.html Please note that at this link, you will also see that ACARA is calling for expressions of interest for writers and members of the advisory group for the Australian Curriculum: Technologies.

For enquiries or further details, please contact the VCAA: vcaa.australian.curriculum at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:vcaa.australian.curriculum at edumail.vic.gov.au>
or Lorraine Tran: tran.lorraine.i at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:tran.lorraine.i at edumail.vic.gov.au>

All feedback from teachers and other stakeholders from the forums will be used to develop Victoria’s response to ACARA on the Draft Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Technologies. Therefore I urge you to participate in this important process of shaping the future technology education curriculum in Australia.

Regards, Lorraine.


Lorraine Tran I Curriculum Manager, Technologies

VELS Design, Creativity and Technology
VCE Agricultural and Horticultural Studies I VCE Food and Technology
VCE Product Design and Technology I VCE Systems Engineering

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
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