Humanities and Social Sciences [HASS] is a critical learning area for students in the primary years as it provides students with the essential skills and expertise required to be engaged and informed global citizens. In the Australian HASS curriculum, students are introduced to a range of different cultures, perspectives, and societies, allowing them to gain a holistic understanding of the world they live in today (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2022). This understanding is achieved through not only the content knowledge, but also by the application of curriculum key concepts and the use of an inquiry-based pedagogy. Throughout the inquiry learning process, students learn to apply critical thinking skills
Assessments are a teacher’s tool that builds a profile on student’s growth and are the “tell-tell” detectors that provide the with teacher information on a student who may need additional services in and beyond the
They might well master what they are supposed to learn, but that’s not education”(68). The standardized system evaluates the students' performance does actually evaluate what the student was able to learn which makes it as whole just a test that one needs to
Introduction This essay aims to report on how an educator’s mathematical content knowledge and skills could impact on the development of children’s understanding about the pattern. The Early Years Framework for Australia (EYLF) defines numeracy as young children’s capacity, confidence and disposition in mathematics, and the use of mathematics in their daily life (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), 2009, p.38). It is imperative for children to have an understanding of pattern to develop mathematical concepts and early algebraic thinking, combined with reasoning (Knaus, 2013, p.22). The pattern is explained by Macmillan (as cited in Knaus, 2013, p.22) as the search for order that may have a repetition in arrangement of object spaces, numbers and design.
The Civil war is one of the largest topics covered in 8th grade US history, with it’s change in America affecting us to this day. The importance of this unit may not be widely known, but the Civil war changed our country for the better. Being able to have a struggle to learn from to know how to make better decisions for our country’s future is essential to keep this country together. How we get taught about the Civil war can vary depending on the state and the books you read. I was given the chance to compare the Michigan State Curriculum on the Civil war and the book “Lincoln’s last Days” by Bill O’Reilly and Dwight Jon Zimmerman, and I must say the differences in the two are very apparent.
Smarter Balanced Assessment: Pro or Con? Smarter Balanced Assessment, who is it truly assessing, the teachers or the students? Smarter Balanced testing contributes to the teacher’s performance, but is it beneficial or does it have unintended consequences? Students are ultimately grading the teachers by taking these tests and they are not even aware of it. The disadvantages may outweigh the benefits for this topic, but teachers must look past the disadvantages and do what they were meant to do, teach.
With reference to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), literacy has been noted as an indispensible skill that all students require in order to become successful learners, and as well as creating a base line for success across all learning areas, which is dependent on the ability to use ‘the significant, identifiable and distinctive literacy that is important for learning and representative of the content of that learning area’ (2013, p1). Using the Australian Curriculum for 7-10 Geography, this essay will explore the reasons why the study of literacy is important for all teachers and what it means to be literate in the geography subject area. Further more, this essay will provide examples of teaching strategies
I deliberately developed my activities that mostly require students to work in small groups or pair work with students of mixed abilities because of the advantages that group work has on peer teaching and learning. In framing my activities, I considered whether they promote high order thinking, cater for the diverse needs of students and address the Cross Curricular Priorities and General Capabilities as stipulated by the Australian Curriculum (AC) within the context of AC: History. My activities also hinges on the first two goals of the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (MCEETYA, 2008) Throughout my activities, I considered what I want students to know (content), the skills I wanted students to gain, (historical
The California Department of Education (CDE) 5th grade curriculum and Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are designed to outline what students should know and comprehend by the end of the 5th grade school year. Each discipline has a brief overview of what the fourth grader should know before entering the next grade level, along with a description of 5th grade standards for each discipline. The curriculum makes up nine sections that covers the content, communication style, ways to support struggling readers and support for English learners. All curriculums are updated and revised by the Department of Education to align with the standards and to provide guidance to educators, parents, and publishers. This formative evaluation is done to make
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This remind me of my former teachers in China. In China, there is an only one standard to judge a teacher responsible or not, that how many score his students can get during the
ANALYSE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSESSMENT METHODS IN RELATION TO MEETING THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF LEARNERS. UNIT 2, 6.2 Race, P. (2009) says “we need a richer mix of high-quality assessment formats, and we also need to decrease the overall burden of assessment for ourselves and for our students. We need to measure less, but measure it better.' Using a variety of assessment methods gives students more scope to demonstrate their knowledge and skills across a range of contexts. By adopting a wider catalogue of assessments I can also help support students who may for one reason or another be underprivileged by the extensive use of particular assessment formats.
If educators disregard the gap between the student’s cognitive capabilities and the exigencies of the high-stake standards, the students will probably be unsuccessful on their tests.
They fail to measure such important attributes as creativity and critical thinking skills. Students offer a variety of skills that aren’t in the standardized
Standardized Testing Argumentative Essay The United States’ education system sets kids up for failure. This is due to mandatory tests called standardized testing, which attempts to see where a child’s current cognitive abilities lie. However, standardized testing fails to do so, and is a detriment to student education, failing to prepare students for post-education life. These fallacies in the US education system are due to the avocation for teachers to ‘Teach to the Test’ and testing material not being suited to properly gauge student progress and knowledge.
