Announcement from BOSTES/NESA - 2019 Syllabus Changes for Calculus courses (3 Viewers)

[tywebb]

Did they remove conics from 4U Maths????????!

Yes.

 

[omegadot]

Considering NESA cannot even handle the current change effectively, how on earth are they going to manage changes in the syllabuses every five years?

 

[omegadot]

What do you think of the comment in the third document "It will be an act of vandalism if they persist."?

I don't think NESA really care. As long as they can say they are making changes that modernise their syllabuses, which follow current "best practice", and grab a headline or two along the way is all that counts.

 

[tywebb]

UNSW have now updated their notes for the new draft syllabuses and did presentations on it yesterday.

Here are the updated notes: http://www.mediafire.com/file/7ua1kd17c3zk643/UNSW_syllabus_pd_2017.zip

 

[tywebb]

According to NESA the syllabuses should be finished by "the middle of the year": http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.a...-support-materials-for-new-stage-6-syllabuses

Well 12 noon today is the middle of the year and they still aren't finished.

That's not necessarily a bad thing provided that they commence new processes in order to create a better syllabus than the one we have now. Evidently if they persist with the current draft it will be an act of vandalism and result in a worse syllabus.

 

[tywebb]

At the MANSW Conference on Saturday a NESA representative announced that the final syllabuses will be released within the next 2 weeks - but an exact date was not given.

 

[leehuan]

At the MANSW Conference on Saturday a NESA representative announced that the final syllabuses will be released within the next 2 weeks - but an exact date was not given.

Any improvements we could (hopefully) anticipate?

 

[tywebb]

The content should look the same as the second draft. But improvements were mainly in the language within the documents.

 

[pikachu975]

Wtf tell me they didn't remove circle geo!

They basically took out every hard topic in 3 unit and made it easy as hell

 

[Jaxxnuts]

They basically took out every hard topic in 3 unit and made it easy as hell

I thought 3U was becoming harder? (as well as 2U and general)

 

[pikachu975]

I thought 3U was becoming harder? (as well as 2U and general)

Pretty much the only hard topics are motion and circle geo and from what I've heard they're getting removed but I haven't fully checked. I guess the last hard topic is binomial (if that's even still there).

 

[Jaxxnuts]

Pretty much the only hard topics are motion and circle geo and from what I've heard they're getting removed but I haven't fully checked. I guess the last hard topic is binomial (if that's even still there).

They said motion (or parts of it) is getting moved to 4U

 

[pikachu975]

They said motion (or parts of it) is getting moved to 4U

Yep projectile is probably one of the only hard topics alongside SHM but it's just a matter of personal opinion

 

[tywebb]

NEW SYLLABUSES RELEASED

Advanced: http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.a.../stage-6-mathematics/mathematics-advanced-new

Extension 1: http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.a...age-6-mathematics/mathematics-extension-1-new

Extension 2: http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.a...age-6-mathematics/mathematics-extension-2-new

 

[tywebb]

Furthermore the Standard syllabus has been re-released and updated to include common content identified with paper clips. You can redownload the Standard syllabus here: http://syllabus.nesa.nsw.edu.au/download/

 

[Drongoski]

I am quite happy with the new syllabus.

But what has "Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples", "Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia" and "Sustainabilty" got to do with the study of mathematics!

 

[Fizzy_Cyst]

I am quite happy with the new syllabus.

But what has "Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples", "Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia" and "Sustainabilty" got to do with the study of mathematics!

Nek minnit, 6 marker on the societal and environmental impacts of IBP

 

[leehuan]

Has there been any word from MANSW regarding the new syllabuses?

 

[tywebb]

Has there been any word from MANSW regarding the new syllabuses?

They have a page on it here: https://www.mansw.nsw.edu.au/news/new-stage-6-syllabuses-have-been-released

 

[tywebb]

The syllabuses have now been updated today.

New versions are available here:

Standard: http://syllabus.nesa.nsw.edu.au/ass...athematics-standard-stage-6-syllabus-2017.pdf

Advanced: http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.a.../stage-6-mathematics/mathematics-advanced-new

Extension 1: http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.a...hematics/mathematics-extension-1-new-syllabus

Extension 2: http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.a...hematics/mathematics-extension-2-new-syllabus

In particular the Standard one replaces

"Students of the Mathematics Standard 1 and Mathematics Standard 2 courses study a common Year 11 course, Mathematics Standard Year 11, leading to the Mathematics Standard 1 Year 12 and Mathematics Standard 2 Year 12 courses. Schools have flexibility in providing alternate approaches to Mathematics Standard in Year 11 to address material essential for Mathematics Standard 1 in Year 12. This material is denoted by the symbol ◊. Students who follow the ◊ pathway in Year 11 Mathematics Standard will only be eligible for Mathematics Standard 1 in Year 12."

with

"Students studying the Mathematics Standard syllabus undertake a common course in Year 11. For the Year 12 course students can elect to study either Mathematics Standard 1 or Mathematics Standard 2. Students who intend to study the Mathematics Standard 2 course in Year 12 must study all Mathematics Standard Year 11 course content. Students who intend to study the Mathematics Standard 1 course in Year 12 must have studied the content identified by the symbol ◊ which forms the foundation of course. This content is important for the development and consolidation of numeracy skills."

In Advanced, the formula for variance which was in the Glossary has now been relocated in the body of the syllabus.

In Extension 1, The t-formulae in the recently published version of new Stage 6 Mathematics Extension 1 syllabus for implementation in 2019 that were presented in terms of θ will be changed to be expressed in terms of A