CURRENT TRENDS IN SCHOOLING IN AUSTRALIA

The Adelaide Declaration established national goals for Australian schooling in the 21st Century. The model established by MCEETYA in 1999, is the current document upon which State generated its own framework for learning in schools.
Until recently Queensland was leading the way with their productive pedagogy model based on:-
Problem Based Learning-(Constructivist model)
Higher Order Thinking-(Bloom’s Taxonomy)
Deep Learning- (Critical Reflection)

In N.S.W document development for K-12 is managed by the Board of Studies which became a separate entity from the department of Education.
In NSW this new direction was set down in the document titled “Quality Teaching.”
(i) Pedagogy that promotes high levels of intellectual quality
(ii) Pedagogy that establishes a higher quality learning environment
(iii) Pedagogy that generates significance by connecting students with the intellectual demand of their work.
This approach is based on socio-cultural perspectives that recognize that children are active participants-
(Constructivist Learning)