Teach systems through systems
The course itself models decomposition, interfaces, iteration and verification rather than presenting those ideas as isolated definitions.
02Curriculum architecture · teaching · software
The complete Stage 6 Software Engineering learning system
The problem
A new senior syllabus needed more than lesson notes. Teachers and students needed a coherent path from outcomes to explanation, practice, projects, assessment and revision.
My role
Subject expert, curriculum architect, author, developer and verifier.
Constraints
- 01A new and technically broad NSW syllabus
- 02Different starting points for students and teachers
- 03The need to connect concepts to authentic engineering practice
- 04A large content base that had to stay internally consistent
What I built
- A full course sequence mapped to the NSW Stage 6 syllabus
- Explanations, worked examples, practical investigations and assessment support
- A large visual publishing system spanning 238 application routes
- Sixteen staged programming projects and forty-one linked practical labs
- Navigation and cross-linking that exposes the shape of the course
- Repeatable checks for coverage, structure and publishing integrity
Key decisionsHow the work moved
Make the map visible
Students can see where a concept belongs, what it connects to and how it will be used.
Treat content like software
Naming, structure, validation and revision are managed as an engineered product.
Measurable proof
course routes in the current application
staged programming projects
linked practical labs
public handbook listing
Primary record ↗Artefact gallerySanitised & provenance checked
The working course home: two years of learning exposed as one navigable system.
Stage 6 Software Engineering publishing repository · public
A complete HSC unit: outcomes, objectives, topics and practical security work inside the shared course architecture.
Stage 6 Software Engineering application; privacy-safe local capture · public
A practical security lab moves from the vulnerability model to attack patterns, safe testing and defensive code.
Stage 6 Software Engineering application; privacy-safe local capture · publicWhat the work taught
01Curriculum coherence matters more than content volume.
02A learning system should help a teacher see the next move, not just store resources.
03Verification belongs in educational publishing as much as it belongs in software.