The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust has published my interim report on their site: https://www.churchilltrust.com.au/fellow/elspeth-grant-sa-2019/ The executive summary and contents page can be downloaded here for your convenience:
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oIt is an interim report because the Trust has generously committed to funding my return to the US to complete the days I lost from my itinerary due to COVID-19. I welcome your feedback, as it will help to shape the remainder of my study tour, as well as my final conclusions and recommendations. These will be published in an addendum to the report once my program is complete.
Breaking up the trip into two parts has actually been an unexpected bonus. It is giving me time to communicate and consult with others on the direction of my Fellowship so far, consider how to make best use of the left in the US, and begin to get traction on some of the initiatives that have already emerged. The pandemic is also provoking innovation and new ways of thinking about education, which complement and challenge my tentative findings.
Since returning to Australia in late March, I have been working in a curriculum writer team for the South Australian Department of Education. My team has been focussing on the Year 7 and 8 Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) curriculum. Establishing relevance of the learning to each student's world is a key aim of the project. Year 7 and 8 History covers the ancient to modern era, with predominantly foreign content, so we have had to think laterally to make links with South Australia. I look forward to sharing our work with you once it is published online later this year, and seeing how the project continues when Year 9 and 10 HASS and History (1750-present) are tackled next year.
In Term 3 I will be returning to Golden Grove High School to teach. I'm looking forward to reconnecting with students back in the classroom and trying out the myriad of ideas I've been exposed to over the last 6 months!
Breaking up the trip into two parts has actually been an unexpected bonus. It is giving me time to communicate and consult with others on the direction of my Fellowship so far, consider how to make best use of the left in the US, and begin to get traction on some of the initiatives that have already emerged. The pandemic is also provoking innovation and new ways of thinking about education, which complement and challenge my tentative findings.
Since returning to Australia in late March, I have been working in a curriculum writer team for the South Australian Department of Education. My team has been focussing on the Year 7 and 8 Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) curriculum. Establishing relevance of the learning to each student's world is a key aim of the project. Year 7 and 8 History covers the ancient to modern era, with predominantly foreign content, so we have had to think laterally to make links with South Australia. I look forward to sharing our work with you once it is published online later this year, and seeing how the project continues when Year 9 and 10 HASS and History (1750-present) are tackled next year.
In Term 3 I will be returning to Golden Grove High School to teach. I'm looking forward to reconnecting with students back in the classroom and trying out the myriad of ideas I've been exposed to over the last 6 months!