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Developing a Context Specific PCK Model for Kitchen-Garden Learning Programmes
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Narayan, Esha; Birdsall, Sally; Lee, Kerry – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
With the increasing number of schools implementing garden-based learning, there is a need to consider pedagogies that enhance students' learning in a garden context. At present, there is little research available and the purpose and methods of implementing these programmes are greatly varied. To meet this need, this article introduces a new…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Gardening, Program Implementation, Foreign Countries
On Being Data Detectives: Developing Novice Statisticians Using the Statistical Enquiry Cycle
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Arnold, Pip; Pfannkuch, Maxine – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2020
Statistical investigations, a thread within the statistics strand of the mathematics and statistics learning area (Ministry of Education, 2007), are underpinned by the statistical enquiry cycle. As teachers introduce their students to the statistical enquiry cycle, they are supporting their students to become data detectives, posing and answering…
Descriptors: Novices, Statistics, Active Learning, Inquiry
How "Tight/Loose" Curriculum Dynamics Impact the Treatment of Knowledge in Two National Contexts
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Zohar, Anat; Hipkins, Rosemary – Curriculum Matters, 2018
In national contexts where curriculum policies explicitly advocate for the development of students' higher order thinking capabilities, evidence suggests that achieving this goal can be quite elusive. In this article we explore this challenge by drawing on senior secondary school examples from two national contexts (New Zealand and Israel) that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Educational Policy, Thinking Skills
How the Key Competencies Were Developed: The Evidence Base
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Hipkins, Rosemary – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2018
This is one of two papers developed for an Ministry of Education funded project, Competencies in New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZC). This paper draws on archived policy discussion papers to document the provenance of the key competencies included in the "New Zealand Curriculum" ("NZC"). The second paper analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competence, National Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Teacher Professional Development: Who Is the Learner?
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Petrie, Kirsten; McGee, Clive – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
One of the challenges in in-service teacher education is how teachers can be given professional development (PD) that enables them to respond to national curriculum and policy change. In recent years primary teachers in New Zealand have been inundated with Ministry of Education-funded professional development programmes to help them implement a…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries
Choosing a Model. Reflecting on the Development Process of Te Whariki: National Early Childhood Curriculum Guidelines in New Zealand.
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Carr, Margaret; May, Helen – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1993
Reflects on the process of developing national curriculum guidelines for early childhood based on New Zealand's experience. Discusses how development involved complex interactions between the nature of early childhood in New Zealand and its history (setting), the opinions, ideas, and practice of current practitioners (consultation), and decisions…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education