This diagram is a series of arrows, which all point downwards to the final text which is centred at the bottom of the diagram and reads: ‘The School Curriculum’.
The top arrow spans the width of the diagram and contains the heading: ‘The Education Act 1989’ with smaller text underneath: ‘and amendments’.
The next arrow down also spans the width of the diagram and contains the heading: ‘National Education Guidelines’.
Then there are two long arrows down the side of the diagram. The long arrow on the left has the heading: ‘National Education Goals’, with the words below: ‘Desirable achievements and policy objectives’. The long arrow on the right has the heading: ‘National Administration Guidelines’, with the words below: ‘Directions to boards of trustees relating particularly to management, planning, and reporting’.
The two long arrows described above flank two wider arrows in the middle of the diagram, one on top of the other. The first wide arrow is split vertically into half. The left-hand side has the heading: ‘Foundation Curriculum Policy Statements’, with the words below: ‘Statements of policy concerning teaching, learning and assessment’. The right-hand side has the heading: ‘National Curriculum Statements’, with the words below: ‘Statements specifying knowledge, understanding, and skills to be learned’.
The second wide arrow in the middle of the diagram is headed: ‘The New Zealand Curriculum’. On the left-hand side below this heading there is a box containing the following words listing downwards: ‘Principles’; ‘Values’; ‘Key Competencies’. On the right-hand side there are two separate boxes – the top box has the words: ‘Learning Area Statements’; the bottom box has the words: ‘Achievement Objectives’.
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Published on: 14 Nov 2007
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