Board Of Studies

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_sc/pdf_doc/english_710_syl_brief.ppt

The above is a link to The Board Of Studies website. In particular the syllabus briefing presentations for English in years7-10.

Over the past year in this course I have grown to become very familiar with the board of studies website. Obvioulsy as a teacher this is a must!

The above program covers the topic areas to be taught as well as the areaas that the students are assesed on. I really like the way that the board of studies presents the syllabus to schools and teacher. They do highlight the topics that are compulsory obviously but there is also sligh flexibility in different areas and fields. I think that this would be effective in maximising learning as obvioulsy no one ig going to know a class's learning style and abilities better then their teachers. To me it makes the most sense for a teacher to be able to select specialisation areas for their students for this reason. Although it is a virtual impossibility t have topics that apply to every student of appeal to every students learning style, the teacher is the most likely to be able to achose topics, tasks and assignment that appeal to the majority of their students and will not upset the minority too much.

The briefings while detailing the syllabus and possible assesment tasks do not dictate down to the note what the teachers must do.

They also outline the ways in which teachers can relate the assesment criteria to their students. The different mediums put foward also allow for teachers to once again select a certain tool which best relates to their students and their students learning styles.

the briefings only dictate what areas the studentsmust be assesed on. They do not dictate how they must present their work to be presented.

This means that teachers once again have the option of selecting tak which best suit their students. Assesments can be written and assigned by the teacher to be pesented in many different forms. Assesments such as written essays, short stories, plays, scripts, performances, posters, and pamphlets can all appeal to different learning styles such as visual, written, oral and tactile.