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Teaching and learning experiences

Effective teaching begins by determining what students know and can do. From there teachers will identify what has to be taught next and proceed through a process of selecting and sequencing effective teaching strategies that will build on what students know and can do to allow them to achieve the syllabus outcomes and demonstrate their achievement.

There are a variety of documents supplied to all government schools that provide examples of effective teaching strategies. For example:

  • Linking Primary Writing assessment 2002 to the curriculum
    Produced by the Student Assessment and Reporting Unit and the
    Professional Support and Curriculum Directorate
    NSW Department of Education and Training
  • Previous publications in this series:
    • Linking Writing assessment to the curriculum 1999
    • Linking WrAP–2000 to the curriculum
    • Linking Primary Writing Assessment 2001 to the curriculum
  • Example teaching strategies (PDF 328 KB)

English K–6 Modules was published by the Board of Studies NSW (1998) and distributed to all K–6 schools in NSW to assist schools and teachers when planning, programming and assessing.