Post on 02-Jan-2016
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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?