Building our curriculum - Task Notes

Task notes for delegates at the ‘Turning the New Experiences and Outcomes into Action’ Conference.

Aberdeen, April 2009.

1. Turning the new experiences and outcomes into action
Task 1
(Individual task)
Extract from “building the curriculum 3”
Take time to read the extracts from building the curriculum 3, describing some of the key features of
a broad general education for 3-18 year olds
2 min
Task 2
Placemat exercise
(Groups of 3)
What are the challenges/implications of providing a broad general education for all pupils to
experience as far as this is consistent with their learning needs and prior achievements?
Use the placemat to note your individual thoughts (on one of the sections of the placemat)
Together as a group, agree the 4 BIG challenges/implications in the centre box of the
placemat
10 min
Task 3
Sharing the
challenges/
implications
(Table discussion)
Share the BIG challenges/implications with the rest of your table. 10 min
Task 4
Moving to fuller
implementation of
curriculum for
excellence.
Planning for
improvement
9individual then
table discussion).
Task 4 sheet looks at two aspects (there are others) which contribute towards a broad general
education.
Take a few minutes to note down what you think would need to change from your current
practice, to ensure that a broad general education becomes more of a reality. You may wish
to take account of some of the challenges/implications raised in tasks 2/3.
Share your thoughts with the rest of the table.
You can respond to this task at different levels. What needs to happen at:
Classroom level (Individual teacher level)
Department/school level
Authority level
(Acknowledging the fact that there will be overlap between these).
You should be able to use the points identified in this task for the discussion in the EA groupings –
preparation for next steps
30 min