Abstract:
Orchard Grove is a Victorian primary school and has been a participant in a National Professional Development Project which involved analysing from a school perspective the implementation of the Health and Physical Education Curriculum statement and profile for Australian schools.
This collaborative initiatives included universities and education systems in Victoria and Queensland.
This presentation provides an overview of the project in practice in a prep/grade 1 classroom at Orchard Grove. It recounts the history of the school involvement from initial reactions, "here we go again, yet another document to review and teach to" ; reactions to the professional development from Deakin University and the Board of Studies, "does action research have anything to offer a classroom teacher?" and later to more positive reflections, ".the project has provided a chance for me to reflect on my methodology and in fairness, change some of my practices.and to interlink more of those concepts that were only often incidental".
The potential for collaborative initiatives to influence longer term curriculum outcomes in schools will be discussed in the context of the effect of the project on the school as a whole.
This collaborative initiatives included universities and education systems in Victoria and Queensland.
This presentation provides an overview of the project in practice in a prep/grade 1 classroom at Orchard Grove. It recounts the history of the school involvement from initial reactions, "here we go again, yet another document to review and teach to" ; reactions to the professional development from Deakin University and the Board of Studies, "does action research have anything to offer a classroom teacher?" and later to more positive reflections, ".the project has provided a chance for me to reflect on my methodology and in fairness, change some of my practices.and to interlink more of those concepts that were only often incidental".
The potential for collaborative initiatives to influence longer term curriculum outcomes in schools will be discussed in the context of the effect of the project on the school as a whole.