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The "something more" in key competencies

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

The active construction of curricula: Primary teachers' perspectives

Interviews with primary teachers revealed questions of control of operational curricula. Schools hold significant power over curricula through their organisation, planning, and assessment...

| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Editorial

| Year published: 2021 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text:

Set 2021_1_001.pdf | Content type: Set article

Warming up the Treaty—Whakamahanatia te Tiriti

Inspired by my research into the government-sponsored Curriculum Review Committee of the mid-1980s, this article considers the possibilities of the Treaty of Waitangi as a “warm idea” for educators....

| Year published: 2019 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Refreshing our work with infants and toddlers: Mantras from theory and research into practice

Teachers’ pedagogical knowledge is often evident in mantra-like phrases that act as shortcut explanations for professional actions, or as principles of practice. Five key mantras for good practice in...

| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article

Exploring new approaches to pathways from early childhood education to school

Aotearoa New Zealand’s early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki includes the explanation that “A weaver weaves in new strands of harakeke or pandanus as their whāriki expands…” (Ministry of Education,...

| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text:

ECF2018_1_021.pdf | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article

Making sense of Te Whāriki a te Kōhanga Reo through toi Māori: A whānau approach

The involvement of whānau in the teaching and learning process is important at every juncture of a child’s educational journey. Rich understanding of the curriculum enables whānau to make deep and...

| Year published: 2023 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article

Biomechanics, the health and physical education curriculum and Confucius? Considerations for teaching, learning and assessment

This article reports on physical education teacher education students’ perceptions of the pedagogies they have recently experienced in senior secondary school biomechanics classes. Despite...

| Year published: 2016 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article

“I think my knowledge of intentional teaching is coming from those around me ...”: Intentional teaching and Te Whāriki

The 2017 refresh of Aotearoa New Zealand’s early childhood education (ECE) curriculum Te Whāriki was undertaken to better guide teachers in understanding their role in supporting children’s learning...