Hard facts v soft skills: a new front in the education wars
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It will investigate whether the curriculum is too crowded, whether children should be grouped by age or by stage, and canvas new pathways to further education and work. It will also look at how all this might affect the HSC and NAPLAN.
Submissions will be accepted until November, and Professor Masters will hold public meetings across Sydney and the rest of the state. The final report will be handed down at the end of 2019.
“Education today is a lifelong pursuit,” said NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes. “That is why it is essential that we search out the best ways to educate, inform and inspire the young minds who are the future of our state.”
The review will look at similar overhauls overseas, where debate over soft skills versus hard knowledge is raging as education systems grapple with how much emphasis to give so-called general capabilities, and how to define, teach and assess them.
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