1. Essential Learnings Framework (ELFs)
The ‘new’ Tasmanian Education Department Curriculum Framework

2. What is ELF?
a construct to help schools focus on the values and purposes of education, curriculum planning, content, pedagogy and assessment
ELFs (Essential Learnings) describe deep understandings that students need to develop now and draw upon in the future as active, responsible citizens and life-long learners

3. What is the Framework designed to do?
Reduce problems of a crowded curriculum
Engage learners more deeply in their learning
Make learning more relevant
Improve learning across all areas
Develop higher order thinking
Support the transfer of learning

4. Framework Overview VALUES & PURPOSES
We are guided by this set of core values:
Connectedness
Resilience
Achievement
Creativity
Integrity
Responsibility
Equity
(p. 9 for definitions)
We share the purposes of ensuring our children & students are:
Learning to relate, participate & care
Learning to live full, healthy lives
Learning to create purposeful futures
Learning to act ethically
Learning to learn
Learning to think, know & understand
(p. 10 for explanations)

5. ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS Thinking (p. 13-18) Communicating (p. 19-23)
Personal Futures (p )
Social Responsibility (p )
World Futures (p )

6. LEARNING, TEACHING & ASSESSMENT PRINCIPLES
Humans want to learn
Learning is an innate & lifelong process
Learners are unique & they determine their own learning
Learning depends on being able to connect prior knowledge, perceptions or patterns of experience to new experience or new information and contexts
Learning is profoundly influenced by social relationships
(p )
Learning is significantly affected by emotions
Learning is more effective when information is embedded in purposeful and meaningful experiences
Learning occurs all the time & part of what is learned is understanding about context
Learning is demonstrated when learners can apply their understandings in new situations in flexible & thought-provoking ways

7. CULMINATING OUTCOMES
These describe a small set of valued learning performances linked to each of the ELFs. They represent the teaching & learning goals toward which education is working.
Inquiring & reflective thinkers
Effective communicators
Self-directed & ethical people
Responsible citizens
World contributors

8. ELFs activity
In your table group, with the EL you have been given, I want you to present a synopsis of what this area is all about
Name the key elements & a brief description of what they mean
Name a few key questions that are involved in this EL as examples
Choose 1 key question from 1 element & answer it