#730 APS

The APS supports the development of an Australian curriculum for psychological science. The APS Division of Psychological Research, Education and Training, in [1] with teacher and curriculum representatives from every State and Territory in Australia, [2] a proposed framework for senior secondary school studies in psychological science. This framework [3] on the current senior science curricula that were developed and published by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. The APS hopes that this framework will [4] a dialogue between educators and their local curriculum authority, with the aim of working towards a more [5] approach to the teaching of psychological science at secondary school level and optimizing the preparation for students going on to undergraduate psychology studies at university, as well as the effective use of psychological principles in everyday life.