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Albertans asked to provide feedback on curriculum survey

May 16, 2017 | 7:45 AM

EDMONTON – Albertans are being asked to provide feedback on what students should learn as part of the government’s second curriculum survey.

Last fall, Albertans provided their feedback on the current K-12 provincial curriculum. That survey began what is the largest curriculum rewrite in Alberta’s history. The next step is to gather input on what students will learn and when they will learn it in the future curriculum.

Minister of Education David Eggen says “We know that Albertans want to provide meaningful input into how our schools can best prepare students for success. We have also set up face-to-face sessions in each region of the province and have developed a series of resources that can be used by schools or community groups to host their own sessions that support completing the survey.”

The survey has two parts.

In the first, Albertans are invited to provide their thoughts on the general content of the six subject areas of Language Arts (English, Français, French), Mathematics, Social Studies, Sciences, Arts, and Wellness Education.

In the second part, Albertans are asked to provide detailed feedback on the draft content for the six subjects.

Alberta Education will then review the results of the survey and use what they heard to refine their work and help develop learning outcomes in each subject.

The development of learning outcomes in the six subject areas will begin in fall 2017.

Input gathered from the curriculum survey is one of the many elements being taken into consideration during the government’s review of the K-12 curriculum.

The curriculum survey is open from May 15 to June 2.

(Gary McKinnon)