Current+Curriculum

*** Can be described as a //framework// or //map// **
 * National Core Curriculum for Basic Education** ** //"The underlying values of basic education are human rights, equality, democracy, natural diversity, preservation of environmental viability, and the endorsement of multiculturalism."// ** National Core Curriculum for Basic Education 2004, p.12
 * __ ** The National Core Curriculum for Basic Education ** __
 * Identifies core subjects
 * Lists objectives, core content, some performance standards
 * Offers broad criteria for student assessment (self-assessment emphasized)
 * Allows students in upper secondary school to design their own learning program
 * Encourages collaborative work

***Requires provisions for goals such as:**
 * Cooperation between home and school
 * Intensified and special needs support
 * Pupil welfare and security
 * School club activities
 * School community “//Pupils will be provided with the opportunity to participate in planning and implementing school meals, which fosters involvement and// //community spirit.//” (National Core Curriculum)

***Cross Curricular Themes (to be integrated into teachers curriculum)**

1. Growth as a person 2. Cultural identity and internationalism 3. Media skills and communication 4. Participatory citizenship and entrepreneurship 5. Responsibility for the environment, well being and a sustainable future 6. Safety and traffic 7. Technology and the individual ||

|| **//"With the support of educational research, the National Board provides a “steering system” for educational policies in an evidence-based way, through small funding, evaluation, and curriculum content. Within this generally understood social vision, the state steers but does not prescribe in detail the national curriculum, with trusted teams of highly qualified teachers writing much of the curriculum together at the level of the municipality, in ways that adjust to the students they know best."//** (Hargreaves, 2007 p. 13)