Ewan McIntosh describes how in a “flexible curriculum” games can be used as a basis for creative writing and speaking, across curriculum areas, and for cross-curricular studies.
As we go about redesigning curriculum at the local level, NZEI President Irene Cooper calls for practical steps for reaching the national vision we have for education, including a seamless model from ...
Lorraine Taylor, Principal of a 3 teacher rural school, describes how the local community was involved in determining the school curriculum - what the enduring understandings would be for their childr...
CORE's Curriculum Project Leader, Mary Anne Mills, provides a background to the revised NZ Curriculum, where co-construction and collaboration played a major role. Mary Anne outlines the focus on stud...
Roger Moses, Principal of Wellington College talks about the opportunities available when combining implementation of the new curriculum along with an ICTPD cluster contract, including leadership oppo...
Mary Anne Mills, CORE's Curriculum Project Leader, describes how schools are using the new NZ curriculum; creating a profile of school leavers, exploring ways to engage with their community, determini...
Andrew Churches is Curriculum Manager for ICT at Kristin School. He describes how 4 schools from 4 countries collaborate on an 18 month case study using a wiki, where students create all the content, ...
Sarah Jones of CORE Ed UK believes the acquisition of process skills are crucial for lifelong learning, equipping students for the future. Sarah describes how this underpins Ultraversity courses, wher...
Lisa Smith, Thinking Facilitator at Rototuna School, talks about her school's programme. Rather than the use of thinking tools, Lisa believes thinking as a key competency is about the ability to selec...
Within the context of the new curriculum, NZCER senior researcher Jennifer Garvey Berger talks about what leadership in schools might look like. Jennifer discusses a number of strategies that can help...