Key competencies: Challenges for implementation in a national curriculum

This paper places key competencies in a New Zealand context.   It discusses some challenges as the key competencies are implemented in school curricula:

• But we already do that: building on current thinking
• We haven't got time to do that
• What knowledge counts?
• If they are not assessed we will just ignore them

Paper presented at the Key Competencies: Repackaging the old or creating the new?  Wellington, NZCER, April 2006. p.17-34