The concepts for the new curricula have been criticized by educators and educators — they are illegible, deficient in practice and reality, the allegations say. Education Minister Martin Polaschek has now promised to “accurately assess” this feedback. “Obviously there’s not just approval.” One has to look at which professional groups have expressed which criticism, “at least we take it seriously”, he promised.
“There are many – positive, negative opinions. We will study these statements carefully,” the minister said after the Council of Ministers. He pointed out that “a large number of experts,” including teachers, had worked on AHS’s primary, secondary and lower grades curricula. There was also a long 10-week assessment period, he emphasized.
Education expert: ‘Completely exaggerated document’
Emeritus educational scientist Stefan Hopmann can understand the teachers’ criticisms: “I have rarely seen such an overloaded document that was completely overrun with expectations,” he said in the Ö1 “Morgenjournal” about the curriculum. “If you were serious about (…) learning what’s being performed there, you’d jump from stick to stick and never get serious.”
In reality, the stated goals could never be achieved, says Hopmann. “The poetry in the first part of the syllabus” is “far transcending”: “Huge expectations are raised that have little or nothing to do with the daily lessons.” has to do with the reality of school” and to those sub-areas from the wealth of topics that can also be realistically addressed in the classroom.
The curricula are applicable from the next school year
The new curricula for all subjects at primary, secondary and AHS lower level have been in development since 2018 and should apply from 2023/24. Technically, they are ordinances issued by the concerned Minister of Education.
Source: Krone
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