New Zealand Curriculum Digital stories

Mantle of the expert

2011-03-16T10:19:15+00:00

In this curriculum conversation Gay Gilbert and Lynette Townsend discuss how they have used 'the mantle of the expert' as a different approach to inquiry learning.

Mantle of the Expert is a form of inquiry which uses drama to step children up as experts by forming a company to fulfil a specific brief for a fictional client.

In a Mantle children are talking as responsible people with roles to play and a job to do. Children are exposed to different perspectives and points of view within the context. They become problem solvers and innovators. The curriculum is shaped by students forming multiple cross curricular pathways.

More Information can be found on the Mantle of the Expert website and Mantle of the Expert Aotearoa.

Willowbank curriculum map

2011-03-25T03:19:50+00:00

Jane Danielson and Julie Cowan explain how exploring the curriculum was a mapping exercise at Willowbank School. The map analogy worked for them, because on a map you can go to different places, get to different points, take detours, and take different ways of travelling. A map leads to the idea of the freedom to explore.

Curriculum map presentation from Learning @ School (PDF, 3 MB)

Shared vision with a twist

2011-03-15T23:31:43+00:00

In this curriculum conversation Stuart Armistead discusses how the collaborative forming of the Stanley Avenue Learner guides all learning and teaching at his school. Particularly Stuart tells us how this vision is integral in the use of technology in a meaningful way.

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