Paulin Hanson s One Nation celebrated the defeat of critical race theory on social media last month (Image: AAP/Lukas Koch)
Pressure is mounting on the body developing a new national curriculum as politicians and interest groups try to frame changes introduced in a draft (including the inclusion of more Indigenous culture and problem-solving) as “woke activists” teaching children to “hate Australia”.
In mid-2020, the federal and state education ministers commissioned a review for “refining, realigning and decluttering” the content of the curriculum for preschool to year 10.
The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) produced a draft with a number of changes, including: teaching mathematics that prioritised problem-solving; introducing digital literacy education earlier on; and, in what was always set to draw attention, including more First Nations culture while replacing references to “Christian heritage” with terms such as “secular
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Internationally, on average, just one in ten year 8 equivalent students are taught maths by such teachers.
The analysis of Australia’s participation in the 2019 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) an international assessment was released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).
The above figures have remained much the same since the 2015 TIMSS data collection.
When qualified teachers are assigned to teach subjects and year levels they have not studied at a tertiary level, this is known as out-of-field teaching. TIMSS also shows a large achievement difference between students taught by expert teachers and students taught by out-of-field teachers.