Curriculum levels

Questions for reflection and response

1. Understanding the Experiences and Outcomes

• How do the draft experiences and outcomes build upon your current practice?
• What contexts could you use to deliver the draft experiences and outcomes?
• What knowledge, experiences and skills could be delivered within the experiences and outcomes?
• Are the draft technologies experiences and outcomes clearly worded?
• How could the purposes and principles of Curriculum for Excellence be developed through the draft experiences and outcomes?
• Are there any specific draft experiences and outcomes that you feel would benefit from further elaboration to clarify expectations?
• What do you see as the main strengths of the draft technologies experiences and outcomes?
• Are there any aspects of current best practice in the technologies that you feel are not addressed by the draft experiences and outcomes?
• Do the draft experiences and outcomes allow for the development of vocational skills?
• Do the draft technologies experiences and outcomes provide opportunities for children and young people to develop an understanding of how their learning will help them in their future lives?
• In what ways could the draft technologies experiences and outcomes be developed further?

2. Progression

• Are the concepts and skills being introduced at the appropriate level? 
• Are the expectations of the draft technologies experiences and outcomes suitably challenging at each level?
• Is the progression clear?  
• Do the draft technologies experiences and outcomes provide opportunities to promote good teaching approaches and deep learning?
• Overall, do the draft experiences and outcomes provide a good basis for planning how children and young people will progress in their learning in the technologies?

3. Collaboration 

• In what ways will a leadership role, by yourself and others, be needed to take these draft experiences and outcomes forward?
• Do the draft technologies experiences and outcomes provide opportunities for effective links with other areas of the curriculum?
• In what ways do the draft experiences and outcomes make the connection with the world of work?
• Are there elements of the draft experiences and outcomes that are relevant to vocational learning?
• Do the draft experiences and outcomes support active learning, collaboration and working with others?

• What professional development may be needed to help the implementation of the draft technologies experiences and outcomes?