Education Scotland has recently begun early work on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle – a systematic review of the Scottish curriculum to ensure it remains up to date and relevant for children and young people.
It recently published the second of three discussion papers which have emerged from the findings, key messages and learning from a series of pilot curriculum reviews over session 2023/24.
‘Towards an Evolved Technical Framework’ aims to build on the findings identified in the first discussion paper by focusing on how they can evolve the technical framework* to help clarify the role and position of knowledge and skills in the curriculum.
Ollie Bray, Strategic Director at Education Scotland, said: “We are still at an early stage of the planning process for the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. However, the key issues identified by practitioners during the pilot curriculum reviews over session 2023-24 have provided us with a set of useful criteria for the evolution of the technical framework for Curriculum for Excellence.
“This discussion paper suggests how the technical framework for Scotland’s Curriculum could evolve. While we feel comfortable with the general sense of direction and we have received positive feedback from early testing, one of the purposes of ‘Towards an Evolved Technical Framework’ is to support dialogue and gauge how others in the system feel about the proposed direction.
“We have published this discussion paper as part of our commitment to keeping the system updated on the process and progress being made, and we plan to publish a third discussion paper, ‘Working Together to Make Change Happen’, in March 2025.”
* The technical framework for a curriculum is the set of guidance documents which educators use in order to plan learning for children, young people and adult learners.
