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The Curriculum Project has:
A hui was held on 10 April 2006 in Wellington to consult with the wider Arts community, including representatives from primary, intermediate, secondary and tertiary arts education groups. The 110 participants included the Arts Curriculum Reference Group, the Arts Teacher Reference Group, Arts Advisers based with School Support Services, and representatives from Arts Pre-Service Teacher Education Faculties, and teacher professional associations.
The purpose of the meeting was to consult the arts community on the process of consultation for the draft curriculum, released in June. The group discussed ways in which information and processes can be shared to ensure all stakeholders, including parents, students, teachers, tutors, arts groups and organisations, are able to actively participate in the consultation process.
The group reviewed the draft curriculum from an arts perspective, reflecting on the relationship between the generic sections of the draft curriculum and the arts introductory material, strands and achievement objectives.
Opportunities, risks and shifts were identified to help inform the development of supporting material, which will assist groups and individuals in the arts community to share and consult with colleagues, parents, teachers and other stakeholders when the draft curriculum is released in June 2006.
Since early 2004, the arts reference group (made up of teachers, national and regional arts facilitators) and contributors to online discussions have worked on this project. Group meetings have focused on:
It is proposed the draft curriculum will be published mid year and distributed to all schools. Following this, the project will enter a consultation phase in which the Ministry of Education will be seeking feedback until late this year.
Further discussions with the arts community and the overarching reference group reflects a high level of satisfaction with the draft materials. These are now being prepared for the schools' consultation in 2006, in response to the various audits completed over the last few months.
The emerging curriculum is currently undergoing various audits. Some of these audits are to ensure that the following future-focused themes are apparent:
Other audits are concentrating on diversity, Māori in the mainstream, ESOL (English for speakers of other languages), financial literacy, and special education.
A draft curriculum will be published in 2006 for feedback and trialing.
A small group of writers from the arts reference group made final amendments to the essence statement and achievement objectives in late October 2005. Some minor amendments have been made to the essence statement in line with the various audits completed. A section has also been included within the generic start of the essence, to unpack the four strands in the arts and how these relate to each discipline and their achievement objectives.
A wider arts community meeting for March/April 2006 is being scoped. This will bring together representatives from the subject associations, the arts reference group and other key stakeholders in the arts community. From this, a core group will take key messages out to the arts community during the 2006 consultation.
Fitzpatrick, K., & O'Brien, P. (2005).
Curriculum Marautanga Project: Cross-curricula Audit – The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum and the Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum (Word, 37 KB)
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Further discussions with the arts community and the overarching reference group reflects a high level of satisfaction with the draft materials. These are now being prepared for the schools' consultation in 2006, in response to the various audits completed over the last few months.
The emerging curriculum is currently undergoing various audits. Some of these audits are to ensure that the following future-focused themes are apparent:
Other audits are concentrating on diversity, Māori in the mainstream, ESOL (English for speakers of other languages), financial literacy, and special education.
A draft curriculum will be published in 2006 for feedback and trialling.
A small group of writers from the arts reference group made final amendments to the essence statement and achievement objectives in late October 2005.
A wider arts community meeting for March/April 2006 is being scoped. This will bring together representatives from the subject associations, the arts reference group and other key stakeholders in the arts community. From this, a core group will take key messages out to the arts community during the 2006 consultation.
The essence statement remains unchanged. Achievement objectives for the four disciplines are now available.
A teacher reference group is meeting in September/October to look at final adjustments to the draft essence statement and achievement objectives. They will also consider material from the curriculum audits.
The emerging curriculum is currently undergoing various audits to identify cross-disciplinary connections, and to ensure that the following future-focused themes are apparent:
Teachers and educators are invited to visit the arts section of The Curriculum Project Online to send feedback about the new arts essence statement.
A teacher reference group will come together in September/October to look at final adjustments to the draft essence statement and achievement objectives.
A paper
Key competencies and the arts in the New Zealand curriculum (Word, 89 KB)
has just been completed and circulated.
A paper relating to the senior secondary curriculum is currently being scoped. Consultation for this is beginning with secondary national facilitators in the arts.
There is a high level of satisfaction with the emerging draft achievement objectives within the four arts disciplines. The newly-developing Curriculum Project Online: The Arts, situated in the Update section of the Arts Online website, should begin to see some discussion about issues for the arts, and the opportunity to answer some questions for the arts community about curriculum developments in this area.
The overarching Arts Reference Group met in June to forward the work on the essence statement and achievement objectives for the four disciplines.
The Reference Group will reconvene 25 July, and it is likely that the Teacher Reference Group will come together in September/October to look at final adjustments to the draft essence statement and achievement objectives.
The teacher reference group met in May 2005 and provided some excellent feedback about the work to date. Many questions emerging, particularly around support materials that may be required once the draft is out in schools.
Overarching Arts Reference Group – meeting in mid-June to progress the drafts of arts essence statement and achievement objectives further.
The teacher reference group will reconvene early August 2005 to discuss next drafts of the essence statement and the achievement objectives.
A group of writers are currently working on a paper about key competencies and the arts learning area.
A new area has been developed, Curriculum Project Online – The arts, to provide information and a feedback facility for the arts community.
9 May 2005 – a newly-formed teacher reference group met for the first time in Wellington. These 40 teachers are regarded as discipline specialists, and reflect a balance across primary, secondary, and school types.
The day focused on the draft essence statement and achievement objectives for the four arts disciplines, as well as covering some more generic material about the Curriculum Marautanga Project.
17 June 2005 – the original arts reference group will reconvene to look at recommendations and feedback that arises out of the above meeting with teachers, and to progress the work forward for July deadlines.
Teacher reference group to meet again later in 2005.
A two-day meeting was held with the Arts Reference Group on 10–11 February 2005 focusing on the following:
Arts Essence Statement, March 2005 (Word, 36 KB)
and achievement objectives.The following outlines the work done within the arts community to date.
The advisory group met to frame the work for writing of the achievement objectives.
The advisory group met once again to discuss developments in general since the last meeting. Specifically, discussion was focused on the essential skills, values, and emerging essence statement for the arts.
It was decided by the advisory group that the arts essence would include a generic statement and a description for each of the four disciplines – dance, drama, music, and the visual arts. Statements were drafted in July by the advisory group. These were then refined by the national facilitators and put online for comment. The current statement has now been critiqued by advisers and further work continues in order to make the statements more inclusive.
The Reference Group met to further progress the thinking and consider a range of ideas/issues within the arts.
An arts reference group was formed. This group represented the various areas of education, and included personnel representing subject organisations, teacher unions, and tertiary institutions.
All of those interested in the New Zealand Curriculum Marautanga Project were invited to register their interest online, with the aim of becoming involved at various levels of discussion over the following years of development.
National coordinators in the arts worked on initial statements which described the essence of the arts. These statements were based on discussions held in May.
An initial group of representatives from the arts community met to discuss the findings of the Curriculum Stocktake Report and to consider the recommendations. This included reporting directly to the Ministry of Education on how the current document is being implemented. Similar meetings were held in other curriculum areas throughout this year.
Published on: 13 Sep 2007
