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A Comparative Analysis of the Middle School Mathematics Curriculum in Korea and Australian  

Ko, Ho Kyoung (Ajou University)
Chang, Kyung-Yoon (Konkuk University)
Lee, Gang Cheon (Graduation School, Ajou University)
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Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics / v.26, no.2, 2016 , pp. 309-331 More about this Journal
Abstract
Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority(ACARA) was founded by Australian federal government in 2009. Leading under ACARA, national education curriculum development was propelled. Also from 2014 they gradually extended enforcement of new curriculum by a Reminder about new syllabus implementation (2013.01.29.). The research result of Australia's curriculum, and textbook shows that students repeat, and advance the same contents under spiral curriculum as they move to higher grade. They actively use digital technology, and also puts emphasis on practical context such as Money & financial mathematics. On the level of difficulty, or quantity aspect, Korea handles relatively advanced contents of 'number and operation' or 'Letters and Algebraic Expressions' domain than Australia. However on statistics domain, Australia not only puts more focus on practical stats than Korea, but also concerns as much on both various and qualitative terms Australia doesn't deal with formal concept of 'function'. However, they learn the wide concept of function by handling various graphs. This shows Australia has a point of similarity, and also difference to Korea on various angles.
Keywords
Korea Curriculum; Australian Curriculum; Comparative Study;
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