The New Zealand Curriculum

What do we/you mean by curriculum?

Curriculum Design

Conceptions...• Academic Rationalist• Cognitive Processes• Humanistic• Social Reconstructionist• Eclectic

Design•Subject Centred•Learner Centred•Problem Centred•Core designs

Questions to ask yourself and others

• How does learning happen?• What’s the role of the teacher?• Who is the good teacher?

What is the intent of the NZC?

QuizWhat makes up our curriculum?

• What are the...– five key competencies (pg 12 NZC)– Seven values (pg 10 NZC)– Eight principles (pg 9 NZC)– Seven plus learning areas (pg 16 NZC)– Requirements (pg 44 NZC)

Developing School Based Curriculum

• What’s working well?• What’s not working so well?

Research Perspective

• Connections• Student Agency• Principles• Teaching as inquiry• Community Engagement

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• Connections• Student Agency• Principles• Teaching as inquiry• Community Engagement

Your School

• How are your school documents and systems connected to what you do in the classroom?

• How do the principles underpin your teaching and learning programmes?

• How do your values align with the NZC?

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