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)
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 Paper
Events moved swiftly during June 2009 and the Steering Committee had to finalise its 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 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. |
Timeline
- The first series of consultation meetings were held during November 2008.
- A draft Background report was published during March 2009 and a second series of consultation meetings were held in every State and Territory during March - June 2009.
- The final version of the Background report was published during June 2009.
- During June 2009 t he Steering Committee wrote a Paper.
- The Steering Committee's Paper and Background Report were sent to ACARA on 16 June, and on 30 June 2009 representatives of the Steering Committee had a cordial and productive meeting with John O'Brien (Project Manager, Curriculum) and other ACARA staff.
- ACARA is working on a position paper identifying the key issues in a geography curriculum and how they might be resolved (similar to the Initial Advice papers for the first four curricula). The ACARA paper is now likely to be public around the end of September/beginning of October.
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: |