This discussion paper ‘Working Together to make Change Happen’, provides an overview of the development of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle to date and outlines how it will work in practice. It outlines the practices, processes and approaches that are being used, considers what is needed to build capacity to support any emerging changes, and identifies the interdependencies.
This follows the publication of the first discussion paper called ‘ Background and A Case For Change : Findings from the Pilot Curriculum Reviews 2023/24’ which sets out why the work is being carried out and unpacks the pilot curriculum reviews. It also talks about evolving the technical framework and aims to inspire thinking. The second discussion paper which was published in December 2024 is called ‘Towards an Evolved Technical Framework’ which draws on the finding from the pilot curriculum reviews and other evidence to explain what the options might be to evolve
the Technical Framework of Scotland’s Curriculum which uses a ‘Know-Do-Understand’ model.*
* A Know-Do-Understand model offers a solution to making the position of knowledge more explicit as part of an evolved technical framework. It also offers a way to clarify the knowledge that learners should have.
