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  Proposed key competencies and health and physical education in the New Zealand curriculum (Word 153KB)

  Lisette Burrows discusses where Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum sit in relation to proposed key competencies of a refined New Zealand Curriculum Framework.

  http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/content/download/461/3645/file/key-c...

  
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  Key competencies and the arts in the New Zealand curriculum (Word 88KB)

  This paper written by Dr Peter O'Connor and Merryn Dunmill for the Ministry of Education addresses the relationship between learning in the Arts and the development of the key competencies.

  http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/content/download/509/3834/file/nzcmp...

  
• Book General
  Thinking about the teaching of thinking (NZCER 2003)

  This book by Dorothy Howie, provides useful background reading to one approach to the teaching of thinking, focusing on the work of Reuven Feuerstein. This book is available by emailing: sales@nzcer.org.nz. Price $44

  http://www.nzcer.org.nz/default.php?products_id=607

  
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  All our students thinking

  This article by Nel Noddings discusses thinking in relation to student learning. "One stated aim of almost all schools today is to promote critical thinking. But how do we teach critical thinking? What do we mean by thinking?" This is a provocative reading and will promote staffroom discussions

  http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.459...

  
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  Technology and key competencies

  This paper presents the key competencies and discusses how they link with technology education in a mutually enhancing manner.

  http://www.techlink.org.nz/curriculum-support/tech-key/index.htm

  
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  Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for Learning: Early childhood exemplars

  Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood Exemplars is a best practice resource that will help teachers continue to improve the quality of their teaching. The exemplars consist of a series of books that will help teachers to understand and strengthen children’s learning and show how children, parents and whānau can contribute to this assessment and ongoing learning.

  http://www.educate.ece.govt.nz/Programmes/KeiTuaotePae.aspx

  
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  Competent children, competent learners

  The Competent Children, Competent Learners project charts the contributions to children's progress made by some of the main experiences and elements in their lives: family resources, early childhood education, school experiences, children's interests and activities in the home or outside school, and their relations with their peers.

  http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/ece/2567

  
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  Shifting the frame: Exploring integration of the key competencies at six normal schools (PDF 2.3MB)

  Report by Sally Boyd and Verena Watson on the explorations into using key competencies as a framework for teaching and learning.

  http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/content/download/632/4225/file/shift...

  
• Reading General
  Indigenous epistemology in a national curriculum framework

  Macfarlane, A., Glynn, T., Grace, W., Penetito, W., & Bateman, S. (2008). Indigenous epistemology in a national curriculum framework? Ethnicities, 8, 1, 102-127.

  
• Resource General
  Learning about learning

  Learning and Teaching Scotland website with a focus on learning about learning

  http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/learningaboutlearning/assessment/index...

  
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  Documenting learning of the key competencies: What are the issues? (PDF 725KB)

  A discussion paper by Rosemary Hipkins, Sally Boyd and Chris Joyce, NZCER.

  http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/content/download/649/4276/file/asses...

  
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  Making links between learning in early childhood education and school using the 'key competencies' framework. Teachers and Curriculum, 8-15

  Peters, S. (2005). Making links between learning in early childhood education and school using the ‘key competences’ framework. Teachers and Curriculum, 8, 9-15

  
• Reading General
  Zooming in and zooming out: challenges and choices in discussions about making progress

  Carr, M. (2008). Zooming in and zooming out: challenges and choices in discussions about making progress. In Measuring Progress. Conference Proceedings (pp. 3-18). Wellington: NZCER

  
• Book General
  Key competencies for a successful life and a well-functioning society.

  Rychen, D. S., & Salganik, L. H. (Eds.). (2003). Key competencies for a successful life and a well-functioning society. Göttingen: Hogrefe & Huber.

  
• Book General
  Building learning power: Helping young people to become better learners

  Claxton, G.L. (2002). Building learning power: Helping young people to become better learners. Bristol: TLO

  http://www.guyclaxton.com/blp.htm

  
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  A framework for teaching learning: The dynamics of disposition.

  Claxton, G. & Carr, M. (2004). A framework for teaching learning: The dynamics of disposition. Early Years 24(1), 87-97

  
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  Key learning competencies across place and time. Kimihia te ara tōtika, hei oranga mō to aō

  Carr, M,. Peters, S., Davis, K., Bartlett, C., Bashford, N., Berry, P., Greenslade, S., Molloy, S., O’Connor, N., Simpson, M., Smith, Y., Williams, T. & Wilson-Tukaki, A. (2008). Key learning competencies across place and time. Kimihia te ara tōtika, hei oranga mō to aō. Teaching Learning Research Initiative Final Report

  http://www.tlri.org.nz/projects/2004/keylearning.html

  
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  Thoughts on what students need to learn at school (Word 183KB)

  This paper prepared by Melissa Brewerton for the Ministry of Education, "sets out some thinking about the types of learning all students need, ideally by the time they finish their schooling".

  http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/content/download/505/3822/file/brewe...

  

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