Curriculum
Update 55
Literacy and Numeracy: Towards More Effective Teaching Practice
Read success stories of schools that have strengthened the literacy and numeracy components of their teaching practice and consequently raised the achievement of students. This Update also outlines support available for teaching English as a second language and the support networks for literacy and numeracy.
Curriculum
Update 54
Using Assessment
Tools / Te Whakamahi i Ngā Pūnaha Aromatawai
Learning happens as a result of what teachers and students think,
do, and talk about. Assessment for learning is based both on what
teachers notice informally and on the information that they choose
to collect and record about learning.
Curriculum
Update 53
Making a difference through Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum
Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum is making a difference to teaching and learning in schools. It is helping schools to become proactive in meeting the well-being needs of their students, and in developing a positive school culture. This, in turn, is making a difference in the lives of many New Zealand students. .
Curriculum
Update 52
Learning Languages
Curriculum Update 52 outlines recent curriculum developments that
support teaching and learning. This issue focuses on teaching and learning
new languages.
Curriculum
Update 51
Ministry of
Education Professional Development Programmes in 2003
Curriculum Update 51 outlines recent curriculum developments that
support teaching and learning. This issue focuses on professional development
programmes available to teachers and schools in 2003.
Curriculum
Update 50
Literacy
This issue of the online version of Curriculum Update focuses on
literacy in English and on the literacy aspect of the Literacy and Numeracy
Strategy.
Curriculum
Update 49
The Arts –
Ngā Toi
Curriculum Update, delivered direct to schools once each term,
outlines recent projects to support teaching and learning, together with
information from current research that could be valuable to schools in
their pursuit of excellence in teaching. This issue looks at The Arts
– Ngā Toi.
Curriculum
Update 48
Ministry of Education
Professional Development Programmes in 2002
A key Ministry
goal is the development and promotion of effective teaching through strategically
planned programmes of professional development and support to raise student
achievement and reduce disparity.
Curriculum
Update 47
Assessment
– Te Aro Matawai
This Curriculum Update provides information about developments in assessment,
the research that underpins them, and the new tools that are being developed.
These tools will help teachers to gather, analyse, and use high-quality
assessment information in order to make a difference to student learning
outcomes.
Curriculum
Update 46
Learning Experiences
Outside The Classroom (LEOTC)
Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom provide students in New Zealand
schools with interactive, curriculum-based programmes that enhance their
learning. By term 3 2001, sixty providers including museums, historic
parks, zoos, art galleries, arts organisations, and science centres will
be offering stimulating and challenging programmes to students on behalf
of the Ministry of Education. The Ministry seeks to ensure that LEOTC
programmes are accessible to students in as many areas of New Zealand
as possible.
Curriculum
Update 45
The Numeracy
Story
From the Secretary for Education.
The world-wide focus on numeracy has highlighted the importance of high-quality
mathematics programmes, which emphasise both numerical knowledge and advanced
mental strategies. It has also highlighted the importance of integrating
mathematical skills into other curriculum areas.
Curriculum
Update 44
Ministry of
Education Professional Development Programmes in 2001
In 2001, the Ministry will continue to fund professional development through
both School Support Services and a contestable contracting process. To
meet the government's Closing the Gaps initiative, all professional development
contracts must include consideration of the specific needs of teachers
of Māori and Pacific nations children in mainstream classes. Several
of the successful professional development programmes contracted for the
2000 school year are being extended for a second year in 2001.
Curriculum
Update 43
The Arts in
the New Zealand Curriculum
September 2000 saw the launch of The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum.
A curriculum statement written in English has now been published for each
of the seven essential learning areas. In te reo Māori, the parallel
statement for the arts, Ngā Toi i roto i te Marautanga o Aotearoa,
will be delivered to schools teaching in the Māori medium later this
year. Consultation is proceeding on the draft statement for health and
physical education in te reo Māori, Hauora i roto i te Marautanga
o Aotearoa, with the final document expected in 2001.
