UNIT 7 7 THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR WALES

UNIT 7. 7 THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR WALES Janet Pritchard and Graham Butt From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5 th edition, Routledge © 2009

OBJECTIVES At the end of this unit you should be able to: • understand the key terms associated with the National Curriculum • understand the nature, scope and content of the National Curriculum • understand why changes have been made to the National Curriculum since its inception • understand the National Curriculum as it is experienced by pupils in state schools • appreciate the place of your own subject within the National Curriculum framework • appreciate some of the similarities and differences between the curriculum in England Wales. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5 th edition, Routledge © 2009

THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR WALES • Background • Scope – ‘The Learning Country: Vision into Action’. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5 th edition, Routledge © 2009

THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR WALES • The Current National Curriculum in Wales – Foundation Phase – Skills Development – National Curriculum. • Structure of the Subject Orders – Personal and Social Education – Careers and the World of Work – Religious Education. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5 th edition, Routledge © 2009

FURTHER INFORMATION To explore this material further, read: Pritchard, J. and Butt, G. (2009) ‘The National Curriculum for Wales’, in S. Capel, M. Leask and T. Turner (eds) Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience, 5 th edn, London: Routledge. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5 th edition, Routledge © 2009

FURTHER READING Beck, J. (2000) ‘The school curriculum and the National Curriculum’, in J. Beck and M. Earl (eds) Key Issues in Secondary Education, London: Cassell. ACCAC (2003) Developing the Curriculum Cymreig. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5 th edition, Routledge © 2009