Abbott government to overhaul crowded curriculum - 1 views
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Overcrowding in the curriculum was the main issue of concern raised by principals, teachers and parents during the review conducted by education consultant Kevin Donnelly and academic Ken Wiltshire.
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The reviewers said they were not saying there was no place for inquiry-based learning but that caution should be exercised to ensure it did not become the prevailing orthodoxy.
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What does that actually mean? Inquiry learning should be exercised with caution? "There will be no inquiry in mathematics!" -
Well...sounds pretty much like the institutional behavior I see here in the states. The structure determines and in this case the hierarchy trumps the commonest of sense. Sounds very bad for learners. -
In which country does this not happen? (That's not rhetorical).
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