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Framework to draft: 1993–2006 (PDF, 38 KB)
| The New Zealand Curriculum Framework (the NZCF) | The New Zealand Curriculum: Draft for Consultation 2006 |
| The NZCF comprised The New Zealand Curriculum Framework (not gazetted) plus seven gazetted curriculum documents. | The draft NZC is a single document. The final document will be gazetted. |
| The national curriculum defined the following essential skills: communication; numeracy; information; problem-solving; self-management and competitive; social and cooperative; physical; work and study. | Five key competencies link skills, attitudes and values: thinking, using language symbols and texts; managing self; relating to others; and participating and contributing. |
| The values in the NZCF included:
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New Zealand students are encouraged to value:
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| The NZCF covered seven essential learning areas: the arts, language and languages, mathematics, health and physical well-being, science, social sciences, and technology. | The draft NZC includes eight learning areas: arts, English, learning languages, mathematics and statistics, health and physical education, science, social sciences, and technology. Differences A new area, learning languages, has been added. Mathematics is retitled mathematics and statistics. Health and physical well-being is retitled health and physical education. |
| No information was included about school-based curriculum design. | A section on designing a school curriculum is included. |
| No material on pedagogy was included. | A section on pedagogy is included. |
Published on: 17 Mar 2008
