The Melbourne declaration is a policy document that develops by the states and territory education minister and the federal education ministers. The declarations are published in December 2008, follow by the 1989 Hobart Declaration and 1999 Adelaide declarations. The major change of the declaration is the demand of Australian education system including the server area that significantly need to improve and it also designed to support the 21-century learning (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2013).
In the 21 century, to provide the young Australian people with the higher living style that has depended on to their education in the global economic innovation. Australian education ministers believe that education provides
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Literacy and numeracy are one of the fundamental knowledge for schooling Australian. The aim of the declarations is all Australian should have the value of democracy, equity, and justice and personal value, honest, resilience and respect of others (The Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs, …show more content…
The second one is all young Australian become successful learner, confident and creative individuals and active and informed citizens. Along with the goals, there are also the principle and commitment to action in order to achieve the aimed goals.
Each goal contains the set of the way to how to promote the young Australia schooling system. The Melbourne declaration is not only the policy document it also shaping the Australian curriculum to have the better schooling system compare to the other country schooling system and the new level of engagement of the stakeholder in the education system. Australian government assumes that children who participate in quality early childhood education are more willing to stay longer in their schooling life and continue future