a curriculum for excellence

Today is the end of the first term at school. It was in in-service day. This means no pupils, only staff. We spent the day on a number of activities. How to coach, how to set up an self-evaluation programme and the Curriculum for Excellence (ACE).

ACE is interesting. For too long schools have focussed on exam performance. How many highers pupils obtained. We ignored what skills pupils were learning – problem solving, teamwork, analysing and so on. Also what attributes they developed- confidence, contributers to society etc.

Now ACE is set to promote the ‘four capacities’:

• confident individuals
• successful learners
• responsible citizens
• effective contributers

We are supposed to start this ‘new’ curriculum next session (i.e. August 2009). Watch this space and see what happens.

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