The 'Towards a national geography curriculum for Australia' project is an initiative of the
- Australian Geography Teachers' Association (AGTA)
- Royal Geographical Society of Queensland (RGSQ)
- Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG)
Recent developments
October 2011
The draft geography F-12 Australian Curriculum: Geography went live on-line for consultation. If you want to have a look at the draft scope and sequence for geography just go to http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au/
and log-in. The draft includes the Rationale, Aims, Concept definitions, General Capabilities and Cross Curriculum priorities for geography, F-12 content descriptions, elaborations, skills and inquiry sequences and achievement standards.
Well done to all involved - quite an achievement to finally have a draft curriculum public and ready for feedback. ACARA looks forward to being overwhelmed in commentary from geography teachers around Australia. Don’t hesitate to make your points heard.
January 2011
ACARA released the Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Geography paper in January 2011. Further details of ACARA's work in relation to Geography can be found here.
Malcolm McInerney and Susan Caldis presented a workshop at the AGTA 2011 Conference titled Geography going places … and spaces.
Background Report
The final Background Report has been released. All people who have contributed either through attendance at one of the consultation meetings or through the online feedback pages are thanked for their contributions. The final Background Report draws on
- feedback provided through consultation forums held in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide during November 2008
- feedback provided through consultation forums held in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Launceston and Darwin during March to June 2009
- online and paper-based submissions
- previously published journal papers, books, reports and research findings as well as documents prepared by curriculum and assessment bodies in Australia and selected countries.
>> Download the Background report (1.6 MB PDF)
Towards a national geography curriculum for Australia Position Paper
Events moved swiftly during June 2009 and the Steering Committee had to finalise its Position Paper without sending it out to the geographical organisations for formal consultation. It therefore carries the rider that it is the view of the Steering Committee. We hope that you will find it a stimulating document that makes a significant contribution to the development of the national geography curriculum.
>> Download the Steering Committee's Towards a National Geography Curriculum for Australia Position Paper (620 KB PDF)
The Background report is based on the views of geography teachers, students, academics and members of the community. Consultation forums were held in every australian State and Territory. |
Further informationIf you have any queries, please contact Kath Berg at secretariat@ngc.org.au. The writers and faciltators for the project are: |
The members of the project’s Steering committee are: |
