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NT Curriculum Framework
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The Northern Territory Curriculum Framework (NTCF) identifies learning outcomes for all Northern Territory learners in classes from Transition to Year 10. It provides the major elements of curriculum, around which schools can:

  • develop flexible teaching and learning programs that are inclusive of the varied pedagogical approaches of educators
  • assess learner progress
  • report on the outcomes achieved.

The framework enables schools and teachers to select content and teaching methods consistent with local contexts and priorities to ensure learners achieve agreed outcomes.
The framework consists of the following inter-related structural components:

  • EsseNTial Learnings – four domains of Inner Learner, Creative Learner, Collaborative Learner and Constructive Learner each of which has a set of culminating outcomes.
  • Learning Technology – four domains of Problem-Solving and Decision-Making through Research; Communicating through Presentation, Publication or Performance; Operating Computer Components; and Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Society.
  • English as a Second Language – includes Early Childhood/Primary and Secondary pathways.
  • Learning Areas – eight nationally agreed Learning Areas of English, Health and Physical Education, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Studies of Society and Environment,Technology and Design, and The Arts.
  • Indigenous Languages and Culture – includes language and culture outcomes for Indigenous Language Maintenance and Language Revitalisation programs.

The framework can be downloaded as Adobe Acrobat documents within its separate components.