A Curriculum for a Successful Future?

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Speaker

Professor Graham Donaldson CB

Speaker's Biography

Graham Donaldson has spent over 40 years in education and has worked in schools, universities, local and central government. A qualified teacher of history and social science, he taught and occupied senior local positions in Scotland before working at the national level as a curriculum developer and evaluator. In 1983 he was appointed as one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Education (HMI) and rose to become head of the Scottish Inspectorate (HMIE) from 2002 – 2010. In that role he was chief executive of the agency and Chief Professional Advisor on education to the Scottish Government. He was appointed as an honorary professor at Glasgow University in April 2011 and subsequently (2014) as a professor in the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change.

In addition to continuing to work with schools and local authorities in Scotland, he has also worked extensively internationally: as a representative of Scotland and the United Kingdom; as a consultant; as an international expert for the OECD; as a contributor to EU conferences; as an independent consultant; and as President of the Standing International Conference of Inspectorates (SICI).

His company, Donaldson Education Services Ltd, was formed in 2014 and has undertaken work for Tapestry Education, the Welsh Government and the OECD. It provides educational consultancy on education with a particular focus on curriculum development, assessment, teacher education and educational evaluation and inspection.

From: 17 Oct 2019, 5:30 p.m.
To: 17 Oct 2019, 7 p.m.
Location: Computational Foundry Swansea University Skewen SA1 8EN, Bay Campus

A Curriculum for a Successful Future?
Educational, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Computer Science in association with Technocamps and the Learned Society of Wales
February 2015 saw the publication of “Successful Futures: Independent Review of Curriculum and Assessment Arrangements in Wales” by Professor Graham Donaldson CB. This extensive report made a number of far-reaching recommendations for a root-and-branch rethinking and restructuring of the national curriculum in Wales.
The recommendations made in the Donaldson Report were accepted in full by Welsh Government, and its October 2015 white paper “A Curriculum for Wales – A Curriculum for Life” set out a plan for taking these recommendations forward and realising a new curriculum and new assessment arrangements.
One recommendation that was adopted early on was the introduction of a cross-curriculum Digital Competence Framework (DCF) – which was initially published in September 2016 – to sit alongside the existing Literacy and Numeracy Framework (LNF). This, however, was relatively low-hanging fruit.
Devising a new curriculum reflecting the richness of the recommendations made in the Donaldson Report was to require years of effort from teaching professionals across the disciplines. The resulting “Curriculum for Wales 2022” was published in draft form in April 2019, allowing for a three-month stakeholder consultancy period, before being refined and published in final form in January 2020.

In this event, the Minister for Education, Kirsty Williams AM, will describe the new curriculum and the journey towards it. Professor Donaldson will then discuss how well the new curriculum reflects the recommendations made in his 2015 Report. Finally, Professor Tom Crick MBE will reflect on the opportunities and challenges faced by the Science and Technology Area of Learning and Experience (AoLE) Curriculum Reform Group which he chaired.
The session will end with a Q&A session with the panel of speakers.

Programme:
Professor Faron Moller FLSW, Director of Technocamps and the IoC in Wales
Introduction
Kirsty Williams AM, Minister for Education
From “Successful Futures” to the new curriculum
Professor Graham Donaldson CB
From the new curriculum to “Successful Futures”
Professor Tom Crick MBE
The Science and Technology AoLE
Question and Answer session
Professor Alma Harris FLSW, Head of Swansea University School of Education
Vote of Thanks

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