What is the relationship between a domain and a key learning area?
The structure of the CSF reflects the Common and Agreed Goals for Schooling in Australia, which group curriculum appropriate for the compulsory years of schooling into eight key learning areas. The KLAs reflect, but are not synonymous with the domains in the Victorian Essential Learning Standards. They are conceptually different from the eight KLAs in that they apply beyond the discipline strand to encompass the physical, personal and social, and interdisciplinary strands. Some of the KLAs such as English, Science and Mathematics generally are considered to be disciplines. Others, such as SOSE, include knowledge and skills drawn from the history and geography domains within the Humanities discipline, but do not constitute a discipline in their own right. Each of the KLAs will continue to be valued and will contribute to defining some of the content of the new curriculum, and hence the CSF will remain a core reference for teachers.
