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The Tasmanian Curriculum 2008 and the Essential Learnings
Overview of changes
This chart outlines the main changes from the Essential Learnings Framework to the Tasmanian Curriculum. For further details look at the summary below or access the relevant syllabus and support materials.
| The Essential Learnings Framework | The Tasmanian Curriculum | Comment |
| Five Essential Learnings and 18 key elements | 7 curriculum areas | Feedback suggested a focus on more familiar curriculum areas |
| Values, Purposes and Goals | Refined through consultation | The values, purposes and goals continue to guide the curriculum |
| Learning, teaching and assessment principles | Refined through consultation | The learning, teaching and assessment principles continue to guide the curriculum |
| Thinking at the centre of the curriculum – separate key elements for Reflective Thinking and Inquiry | Thinking at the centre of the curriculum; thinking skills developed in all curriculum areas | Feedback suggested retaining a focus on thinking but developing thinking skills in all areas not separately |
| Focus on ICTs and a specific key element (Being Information Literate) | Focus on ICTs; ICT skills developed in all curriculum areas | Feedback suggested an ICTs skills checklist, supported by other resources |
| Outcomes, Standards and progressions for 18 key elements, from pre-Standard 1 to 5 | Standards and Stages in all curriculum areas, from standards 1 to 5 incorporating stages 1-15 |
The reporting to parents task force recommended clarity, consistency and more progression points in reporting in all areas |
| Teaching for understanding | Focus on understanding in all curriculum areas | Feedback suggested that the focus on understanding should be retained in all curriculum areas |
| Online support through The Learning, Teaching and Assessment Guide (LTAG) | Online support through the Tasmanian Curriculum Library | Resources to support the refined curriculum are being progressively added and updated in response to school need |
| (New area for 2008) | Vocational and Applied Learning | Enables students and apply their curriculum learning and establish personal pathways for education, life and work |
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