The Australian Education System Case Study

The Australian Education system is full of diversities from subject selection, student’s background and teaching styles. It is important as a teacher within this system to uncover and accept your own diversities and styles of teaching; by accepting and becoming comfortable with these you are in a better position to accommodate the needs of your students and the curriculum. As we grow as teachers so may our principles and beliefs about teaching also grow allowing for change and flexibility within our personal styles. English is the cornerstone of society proficiency within English can provide opportunities for all student futures. Implementing the personal growth model allows students to become more engaged with topics and their learning experiences;

Students must be aware within classroom environments how their personal identity can be valuable and affect their own learning and the learning of their peers “The importance of personal experience in the classroom meant a necessary respect for language which students brought to school and recognition that identity was bound up with that language.” (Sawyer, 2010, p. 20) Within the English classroom personal growth allows students to uncover their personal preferences and learning styles to create perspective and opinion surrounding a range of texts the 7-10 curriculums requires students to “respond to texts from a range of cultures that offer a range of perspectives.” (BOSTES, 2015) By engaging and embracing personal growth models teachers have access to these diverse cultures and perspectives within their classroom. Every classroom is different and can provided varied learning experiences depending of the scope of student culture and identity. Popular

The Australian Curriculum syllabus documents are central to student learning outlining the objectives, aims and outcomes to be taught across the education system; the purpose of these documents is to provide equal education to all students as outlined in the Statement of Equity Principles. The Australian Curriculum has two broad focuses “Australian schooling promotes equity and excellence;” and “all young Australians become successful learners, confident and creative individuals and active and informed citizens.” (BOSTES, 2015) Within the 7-10 curriculum students are encouraged to develop their personal perspectives and opinions to social, political and cultural mediums requiring students to represent these views in a number of formats “responding to a variety of texts critically, imaginatively and interpretively and compose accurate, clear and coherent texts” (BOSTES, 2015) Moffett’s analysis of personal growth within learning engages four key steps reflection, conversation, correspondence and publication “one of these stages cannot take place until the ones before it have occurred” (Sawyer, 2010, p. 24) similarly within the 7-10 syllabus documents students are continually required to “question, assess, challenge and reformulate information.” (BOSTES, 2015) Both the stage four and stage five outcomes encompass important elements of personal