| 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.
Literacy
Literacy is the ability to use and understand those language forms required
by society and valued by individuals and communities. Literacy
Leadership in New Zealand Schools, page 6 | Index
The Literacy and Numeracy Strategy
Extending
the focus of the Literacy Strategy
Effective
practice
Improving teaching practice
Building professional capability: the literacy
network
The Literacy Leadership programme
for primary schools
Literacy in secondary
schools
Improving literacy achievement
in New Zealand
The Reading, Writing, and
Mathematics Proposals pool
Pasifika literacy
initiatives
Assessment of literacy
Literacy learning materials for schools
Feed the Mind – Whāngaihia te hinengaro
References and Contacts The
Literacy and Numeracy Strategy
The Literacy and Numeracy Strategy
is not a single, discrete project. Rather, the strategy gives direction and alignment
for a range of policies, projects, and programmes aimed at improving the achievement
in literacy and numeracy of students at every level of New Zealand's education
system. The strategy provides a common set of evidence-based principles that underpin
policies and practice in both literacy and numeracy.
| Three
key themes
Under the Literacy and Numeracy Strategy, three key
themes form an organising framework for action. They are those of: -
raising expectations for students' progress and achievement;
- lifting
professional capability throughout the system so that everyone plays their part
in ensuring that the interaction between teachers and students is as effective
as possible;
- developing community capability, particularly by encouraging
and supporting family, whānau, and others to help students.
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The Literacy
Strategy
The Literacy Strategy emphasises improving first practice
because the most appropriate and effective literacy programme for the greatest
number of students is an everyday classroom programme that purposefully integrates
all aspects of literacy learning. The strategy also emphasises that specific
interventions for students with clearly identified needs beyond the classroom
should be timely, appropriate, and backed up by the classroom programme. Next
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