The New Zealand Curriculum and preservice teacher education: Public document, private perceptions

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The development of The New Zealand Curriculum from 2000 to 2007, including the initial review that gave rise to the curriculum stocktake, the development of the draft curriculum, and the production of the final curriculum, are reviewed and analysed from the standpoint of preservice teacher education. Particular attention is paid to the way the initial goal of creating a less-crowded curriculum was augmented as certain elements (vision, principles, key competencies, future-focused themes, values) came to assume increasing prominence in a process of "complexification" Twenty challenging questions for teacher education in the future (its purposes, structure, culture, and ways of operating) emerge, and are reviewed in the context of New Zealand's Graduating Teacher Standards.

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Barker, M. (2008). The New Zealand Curriculum and preservice teacher education: Public document, private perceptions. Curriculum Matters, 4, 7–19. https://doi.org/10.18296/cm.0104
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