Despite many young Australians having a deep interest in political issues, most teenagers have a limited understanding about their nation’s democratic system.
Results from the 2019 National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship (NAP-CC) released today show the proportion of young people demonstrating the expected level of knowledge about topics such as democracy and government has not improved since three years ago.
Only 38% of year 10 students reached the standard of knowledge on civics and citizenship required for their year level in 2019, the same percentage as in 2016. In year 6, 53% achieved the benchmark, which is down from 55% in 2016.
This has implications for the confidence and preparedness of young people to participate in shaping society now, and into the future.
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I’m sure most people can remember trying to master a certain maths rule or procedure in primary or secondary school.
My elderly mother has a story about a time her father was helping her with arithmetic homework. She remembers getting upset because her father did not do it “the school way”. I suspect her father was able to do the calculation mentally rather than the school way, which was to use the vertical algorithm.
Students are expected to add the numbers in the ones (right) column first, before adding the numbers in the tens (left) column. The task becomes more difficult when the total of the ones column is more than 10 as you then have to “trade” ten ones for one ten.
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