1. THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR WALES Janet Pritchard and Graham Butt UNIT 7.7 From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009

2. OBJECTIVES At the end of this unit you should be able to: understand the key terms associated with the National Curriculum understand the nature, scope and content of the National Curriculum understand why changes have been made to the National Curriculum since its inception understand the National Curriculum as it is experienced by pupils in state schools appreciate the place of your own subject within the National Curriculum framework appreciate some of the similarities and differences between the curriculum in England and Wales.

3. THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR WALES Background Scope –‘The Learning Country: Vision into Action’. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009

4. The Current National Curriculum in Wales –Foundation Phase –Skills Development –National Curriculum. Structure of the Subject Orders –Personal and Social Education –Careers and the World of Work –Religious Education. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR WALES

5. To explore this material further, read: Pritchard, J. and Butt, G. (2009) ‘The National Curriculum for Wales’, in S. Capel, M. Leask and T. Turner (eds) Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience, 5th edn, London: Routledge. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 FURTHER INFORMATION

6. Beck, J. (2000) ‘The school curriculum and the National Curriculum’, in J. Beck and M. Earl (eds) Key Issues in Secondary Education, London: Cassell. ACCAC (2003) Developing the Curriculum Cymreig. FURTHER READING From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009