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The literature about 21st century learning argues that we need to think differently about education. Rather than simply “knowing about” things, we want students to be able to do new things with what...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
When one student was personally touched by the 2009 Samoan tsunami, Omanu School in the Bay of Plenty launched an aid project that galvanised students into learning that was integrated across many...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Letting go of traditional “one-sided” teaching practices and moving towards power sharing and learning with students can be a daunting and challenging process. This article describes one...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article argues that empathy has an important place in the history classroom and can contribute to the aims of The New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007). The article examines the...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
Some schools have expended considerable effort to create assessment rubrics as part of building an initial understanding of the key competencies in The New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education,...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Jane McChesney and Bronwen Cowie explore the key competencies of thinking and using language, symbols, and text in terms of Mathematics and Statistics, Science, and Technology. What do these...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
This article explores how the key competency thinking links with 21st century views of teaching and learning.
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Using assessment information formatively to contribute to teaching skills and knowledge that underpin the key competencies. The example used is from a study of 600 student...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article presents Te Pikinga ki Runga: Raising Possibilities, a framework for teachers and special-education practitioners working with Māori students who are presenting with challenges. It draws...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2009_2_042.pdf | Content type: Set article
"What are the conditions required for standards to not only be used to measure improvement but also to inform student learning and teaching for improvement purposes in the context of national...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article