The word "curriculum", as it has been defined since its Latin origins, literally means "to teach a course". Curriculum documents organize content for teaching while providing the core elements required by teachers to influence learning (Krause 2006) Curriculum can be exemplified through many different means such as: A set of subjects, content, a program of studies, a set of materials, a set of performance objectives, a course of study, everything that is planned by the school. personal and, more importantly, what an individual student experiences as a result of school (Olivia 1997) The connection between curriculum and learning is of paramount importance in any educational institution (it must flow better) This essay will aim to criticize and evaluate a curricular document in relation to educational purposes, sociological perspectives and learning projects linked to the issues studied in the first semester of curricular studies. The first section of this essay will address the chosen curriculum document which in this case is the NSW Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) K-6 Curriculum. The address will aim to include why the document was developed and the theory behind that document. This address will include pedagogical approaches in specific accordance with the areas of the document on which I will focus my evaluation. The sociological perspective of the essay will be reflected through the Diversity topic and in a more specific vein; Gender and how it relates to the NSW PDHPE document. The third section of the essay will then deal with the learning design sequence which in turn will explain how the curriculum document has been constructed while critiquing how gender diversity is positively understood within… halfway of the sheet... he NSW Personal Development, Health and Physical Education K-6 Programme, The Board of Studies New South WalesOxford Online Dictionary Learning (1927) original definition printed in the Oxford Dictionary. Accessed 3/12/2010 from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/learningPenney, D (2002) Gender and Physical Education: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions(Name) (2002) Department of Health and Human Services of the United States, Encyclopaedia of HealthRink, J (1993) Teaching Physical Education for Learning, Mosby, St Louis, MORuskin, R (2008) Personal Development, Health and Physical Education, Outcomes 1, Preliminary Course Scraton, S ( 1993) Equality, coeducation and physical education in secondary schools, in Equality, Education and Physical Education, Falmer Press, LondonThe Quality Teaching Framework Pedagogy- Board of Studies