New Zealand Curriculum News

The NZC Treaty of Waitangi Principle

2012-01-23T20:26:09+00:00

This Update focuses on the New Zealand Curriculum principle of the Treaty of Waitangi and its implications for teaching, learning, and the school curriculum.

http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Ministry-curriculum-guides/Curriculum-updates/NZC-Updates

The algebra project at St Hilda's Collegiate

2012-01-16T21:52:26+00:00

Anna Cox, head of mathematics at St Hilda's Collegiate in Dunedin, talks about her involvement in a Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) - The algebra project. Anna believes it is important for teachers to think about why they do things, how students learn, and how to overcome the barriers to learning. In this talk Anna describes how being involved in the TLRI had benefits for her role as a leader of professional development in her department.

From community engagement in education to public engagement with education

2011-11-27T22:04:39+00:00

This paper explores the purpose of different school-community initiatives and discusses the case for a wider public engagement in education.

From community engagement in education to public engagement with education >>

What can parents do to help their children succeed at school?

2011-11-27T21:48:36+00:00

Analyses of PisA data shows better student reading performance can be achieved through genuine parent interest and active engagement.

http://www.pisa.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/1/49012097.pdf

NZC Update 15 - The future focus principle

2011-11-06T22:11:43+00:00

This Update looks at the New Zealand Curriculum’s principle of future focus and at resources to support its implementation.

http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Ministry-curriculum-guides/Curriculum-updates/NZC-Updates

NZTA case studies

2011-11-01T00:17:57+00:00

These case studies illustrate how three schools have explored road safety aligned with the New Zealand Curriculum.

Onehunga Primary School - Choice lessons in staying safe

Primary students learned the skills to be safe road users in a unit that crossed the curriculum

Hawera Primary School - Smart planning leads a learning journey

A primary school tied earth science and safe travel together in an inquiry unit that also strengthened its teachers' professional direction.

Northcross Intermediate School - Young thinkers tackle road risks

Health lessons get intermediate students thinking about road safety in relation to current events.

Enabling eLearning

2011-10-03T20:03:27+00:00

Enabling e-Learningis the Ministry of Education’s online ‘hub’ for ICT-related education resources and programmes in New Zealand, bringing together everything that school leaders and teachers need to improve their e-learning practice. Enabling e-Learning will continually evolve and change in response to feedback from New Zealand schools and communities. We want to hear from you about what you’re doing in the e-learning space, so please visit us regularly and share what works and what doesn’t, and all your news and views.

You can connect with Enabling e-Learning in the following ways:

● Explore our dedicated area on TKI

● Participate in communities of interest on the Virtual Learning Network

● Follow us on Twitter

● Post your comments on our Facebook page

Shaping education

2011-10-10T03:50:26+00:00

Opportunity plus innovation to enhance education outcomes across greater Christchurch.

http://shapingeducation.minedu.govt.nz/

Creating a culture of excellence

2011-10-13T23:13:06+00:00

Alec Solomon, subject specialist leader of physical, health and outdoor education at Albany Senior High School, discusses how he supports students to excel by creating 'a culture of excellence'.

http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Ministry-curriculum-guides/Secondary-middle-leaders/Media-gallery/Students-first/Culture-of-excellence

NZC Update 14 - Creating educationally powerful connections

2011-10-02T23:11:02+00:00

This Update explores educationally powerful connections in the digital world through case-studies of how such connections are enabling and enriching students’ learning.

NZC Update issue 14 (PDF, 863 KB)

NZC Update 13 - Levelling the School Journal

2011-09-16T02:54:42+00:00

This Update explains the recent changes in levelling processes for items in the School Journal and in the other instructional series for year 4–8 students.

NZC Update issue 13 (PDF, 942 KB)

Directions for learning: The New Zealand Curriculum principles, and teaching as inquiry May 2011

2011-07-21T23:59:25+00:00

In early 2010, the Ministry of Education asked the Education Review Office (ERO) to conduct an initial evaluation, and a follow up evaluation one year later, to investigate how schools were using the eight principles and the teaching as inquiry process as outlined in The New Zealand Curriculum.

http://www.ero.govt.nz/National-Reports/Directions-for-Learning-The-New-Zealand-Curriculum-Principles-and-Teaching-as-Inquiry-May-2011

Secondary middle leaders

2011-08-22T22:41:10+00:00

This newly launched section provides a range of information, tools, and resources to support secondary middle leaders as they lead change in relation to The New Zealand Curriculum.

http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Ministry-curriculum-guides/Secondary-middle-leaders

NZC Update 12 - Understanding teaching as inquiry

2011-08-09T06:49:00+00:00

This Update describes observations made by the Education Review Office (ERO) in a recent evaluation of how New Zealand schools were using the teaching as inquiry process.

NZC Update issue 12 (PDF, 525 KB)

New National Standards reading and writing illustrations

2011-07-22T00:14:26+00:00

Set 4 of the National Standard Reading and Writing Illustrations are now available on Literacy Online.

http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/Literacy-Online/News/National-Standard-Reading-and-Writing-Illustrations-Set-4

NZC Update 11 - Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the NZC

2011-07-14T01:47:53+00:00

This Update focuses on an evaluation of progress in the implementation of the New Zealand Curriculum, using data collected in 2008 and 2009. When considering these findings, it is important to keep in mind that curriculum implementation is ongoing. Research shows that substantial change takes several years.

NZC Update Issue 11 (PDF, 917 KB)

RWC activity books

2011-07-06T04:08:18+00:00

Developed by the NZ 2011 office, in association with the Ministry of Education, the RWC 2011 Activity Book will provide all year 1-8 students with a book of learning activities. It has three curriculum levels to choose from, each strongly aligned to the social sciences curriculum, and Effective Pedagogy in Social Sciences: Tikanga ā Iwi: BES.

http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-resources/Learning-and-teaching-resources/Rugby-World-Cup

Tax education and citizenship resource

2011-07-06T03:08:57+00:00

This resource supports students to understand what tax is, what it is used for, and how all citizens are involved. It focuses on key social studies objectives and also covers the key NZC value of 'community and participation', key competency 'managing self' and the future focus issue of 'citizenship'.

http://taxcitizenship.tki.org.nz/

Inquiry framework at Sylvia Park School

2011-06-29T23:13:38+00:00

Sylvia Park's inquiry planning team support all teachers to develop authentic engaging learning for their students. In this story the planning team and students discuss what inquiry looks like in their school.

There are three stories in this series:

Mantle of the expert

2011-06-29T23:08:55+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.

http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/School-stories/Mantle-of-the-expert