VCAA Bulletin
No. 39 - June 2018
VCE Curriculum

Victorian Certificate of Education – Curriculum

Text Nomination Survey for VCE English and English as an Additional Language, and Literature
Consultation for proposed study design for VCE Foundation English
VCE Health and Human Development, Unit 4, Outcome 2 – clarification of content
VCE implementation briefings and Advice for teachers

Text Nomination Survey for VCE English and English as an Additional Language, and Literature

Members of the public are invited to nominate texts for inclusion in the 2021 prescribed text lists for VCE English and English as an Additional Language, and Literature.

The Text Nomination Survey will open in the first half of Term 3 and will be announced in the July 2018 VCAA Bulletin and in a Notice to Schools.

For enquiries about the Text Nomination Survey, contact Jacqueline Moore, Curriculum Manager, English, on (03) 9032 1691 or moore.jacqueline.j@edumail.vic.gov.au.

Consultation for proposed study design for VCE Foundation English

The consultation period for the proposed study design for VCE Foundation English opened on Monday 4 June and will conclude on Monday 25 June 2018. Please refer to Notice to Schools 45/2018.

VCE Health and Human Development, Unit 4, Outcome 2 – clarification of content

There is a clarification of content for VCE Health and Human Development, Unit 4, Outcome 2. This clarification relates to the following points about the World Health Organization (WHO):

key knowledge point – 'priorities and work of the WHO'
key skill point – 'explain the priorities and the work of the WHO and discuss how the WHO priorities are reflected in different scenarios'.

The WHO's Twelfth General Programme of Work is current for 2014–2019 and is accessible on the WHO website. Students undertaking VCE Health and Human Development in 2018 will be assessed on the leadership priorities outlined in this General Programme of Work.

For enquiries about the WHO priorities, contact Rachael Whittle, Curriculum Manager, Health and Physical Education, on (03) 9032 1721 or whittle.rachael.j@edumail.vic.gov.au.

VCE implementation briefings and Advice for teachers

Registrations for the implementation briefings for VCE Dance, Drama and Theatre Studies are now available on the relevant study design webpages.

A reminder that registrations for implementation briefings are available on the relevant VCE Languages study design webpages for Arabic, Chinese Second Language, Chinese Second Language Advanced, French, German, Greek, Indonesian Second Language, Italian, Japanese Second Language, Korean Second Language, Spanish and Vietnamese Second Language.

The Advice for teachers documents (to support the study design implementation in 2019) are now available on the relevant study design webpages for Philosophy, Classical Studies, Extended Investigation, and Industry and Enterprise.

For enquiries about the implementation briefings or Advice for teachers, contact Robyn Douglass, Curriculum Program Manager, on (03) 9032 1720 or douglass.robyn.f@edumail.vic.gov.au.