Curriculum Policy and Major Education Reports
South Australia – Key Documents – the 2005 Context
Foundation for the Future: A declaration for South Australian public education and children’s services – 1997
- Involves a declaration of the core values underpinning public education and children’s services in South Australia.
- Makes explicit five strategic directions essential for preparing children and young people for a successful future.
South Australian Curriculum, Standards and Accountability Framework: General Introduction – 2001
- Involves a Curriculum Framework which provides the basis for the design of learning and assessment programs.
- Comprises curriculum 'Key Ideas and Outcomes' for birth to Year 12.
- Focuses on essential learnings, coherence in the curriculum, enterprise and vocational education, and equity and standards.
- Outlines five essential learning areas – futures, identity, interdependence, thinking, and communicating.
South Australian Curriculum, Standards and Accountability Framework: The Required Elements – 2005
- Provides a 'snapshot' of the required parts of the SACSA Framework, a curriculum policy for planning and monitoring learner achievement in DECS preschools and schools.
- Provides a reference summary of all the Key Ideas, Developmental Learning Outcomes and Outcomes for each Learning Area at each Standard.