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In this article, Yvonne, a junior school teacher, describes how she decided to explore how key competencies could be integrated into the daily programme, and assessed, without creating extra workload...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Two teachers research the documentation, continuity and complexity of key competencies in their combined new entrant, Year 1 and Year 2 classroom. They wanted to find ways to make the continuity...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
There’s a lot that primary school teachers can do to help develop their students’ science learning. This article sets out straightforward possibilities, including encouraging students to observe the...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article considers the delicate positioning of social studies in a context of curriculum integration. The common primary school practice of integrating social studies as part of a wider inquiry...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article explores the shift from "essential skills" to "key competencies" in the school curriculum. Drawing on information gathered from teacher interviews and observations at a New Zealand...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article critiques a recent professional development course for history teachers that explored how students could use memorials and heritage sites to engage with the concept of significance and...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2011_2_026.pdf | Content type: Set article
This article draws on several reviews that have documented known challenges for students when learning to use graphs in science contexts. It then illustrates these challenges with examples drawn from...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
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