Curriculum levels

Questions for reflection and response

1. Understanding the Experiences and Outcomes

• How do the experiences and outcomes build upon your current practice?
• Which knowledge, experiences, capacities, activities and skills could be developed within the experiences and outcomes?
• How could the principles of Curriculum for Excellence be developed through the experiences and outcomes?
• Are there are any specific experiences and outcomes which you feel would benefit from further elaboration to clarify expectations?

• Are the concepts being introduced at the correct age and stage of the pupils? If not, how should they be altered?
• What are the prior knowledge, experiences and skills which have been developed in earlier experiences and outcomes?
• Within a level, can you see opportunities for depth and breadth and to provide rich, challenging experiences for all learners, including those who may progress more slowly through a level?
• Is the ‘gradient of progression’ from outcome to outcome appropriate?
• Do the statements provide a good basis for elaboration between levels and for further deepening and broadening of learning within a level?

3. Collaboration

• In what ways will a leadership role, by yourself and others, be needed to take these experiences and outcomes forward?