Curriculum for Excellence: guide for student teachers
About Curriculum for Excellence
What the programme is about and some background information.
Values, purposes and principles
Read about the purposes of Curriculum for Excellence and get information about the principles behind its design and what the initiative is setting out to achieve.
A new way of looking at the curriculum
Find out how the new 3-18 curriculum will affect you. Use our helpful advice to see how you can benefit from and help build a unified curriculum.
The 3-18 curriculum
Find out how the review process works and how the curriculum will be organised, and get information on the achievement framework.
A modern curriculum
Learn about new teaching approaches under a curriculum for the digital age through Glow, the nationwide intranet for Scotland's education community.
Preparation and timescales
Prepare for Curriculum for Excellence with our helpful 'starter' and 'reflection' kits for teachers. A projected progress timeframe for the future development of the curriculum is also available.
The four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence
A diagram showing how the new curriculum will enable all children and young people to develop their capacities as successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.
Curriculum for Excellence - useful links
This section provides many useful links relating to the new curriculum.
