21st Century Curriculum Forum

In 2017, the 21C project employed 8 student curriculum partners, which was extended to 11 in 2018, and to 14 in 2019. Some of our student cohort have now graduated so of the original cohort, we currently have 10 student partners. In February 2020, the 21C project will add another 16 students as partners working to co-create learning experiences as part of the Curriculum Challenges (opens in a new window). These 26 students will also work together in the Student Partnership X-Change Hub.

Student Partnership X-Change Hub

A portion of these students’ time each fortnight is devoted to Hub activities to establish and foster a strong student partnership cohort. These activities are likely to involve:

Learn more about us and get in touch with your ideas

For further information, contact Dr Tai Peseta, 21C Curriculum Academic Lead.

Our new Student interns will be joining the 21C team to host the first in a series of forums on the Future of Work and Curriculum Disruption in early November. The first, Patterns of Change in the Future of Work for Greater Western Sydney features high profile keynote speakers – Dr Andrew Reeson, CSIRO and Professor Phillip O’Neill, Director, Centre for Western Sydney – and will explore the challenges posed by a disrupted future of work.

Nominated Western staff and students as well as Greater Western Sydney industry and community leaders have all been invited to the first event. Registration of interest for the second forum on Friday 1 December Professional Learning in Changing Contexts is now open. Featuring Professors Tara Fenwick as keynote and Richard Edwards as provocateur. Forum resources (opens in a new window) are now available.

As well as the Future of Work Curriculum Disruption forums, we have recruited eight Western students (pictured above) who will work with us as part of a new initiative Students as Curriculum Partners (opens in a new window). These students will engage in activities where they will learn about the future of work research and scholarship, talk with other students about their perceptions and experiences of work, plan and offer creative provocations at the forums, and will collaborate with us in co-designing new curriculum elements. This initiative joins Western with a global movement in curriculum transformation in universities known as ‘students as partners’. Follow the students on Twitter @WesternSydU_SAP and keep up to date with their activities!

The Future of Work forums and School Curriculum Pilot initiatives are the ideal launch-pad for teaching / curriculum teams that plan on bidding for the Flagship Curriculum Projects in 2018, which we aim to launch at the November 8 forum. Please do register to participate and get involved. There is more information on the 21C Project website (opens in a new window).

Connect and Collaborate with Dr Dominique Wilson, Project Officer, 21st Century Curriculum Project.

Learning Futures.NOW. Issue 2.

-November 2017-