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McGee, Clive – Educational Forum, 1995
The New Zealand Curriculum Framework consists of principles of learning and teaching, essential learning areas, skills, attitudes, values, and assessment methods. Conflicts to be resolved include cooperation versus competition, priorities among subjects, testing, equity versus economic goals, and ownership of the curriculum. (SK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Principles
New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Wellington. – 1993
As this booklet describes, New Zealand's Education Amendment Act of 1990 made the country's Qualifications Authority (QA) responsible for developing and implementing a process for recognition of prior learning (RPL) that would enable individuals to receive formal recognition for skills and knowledge they already possess. As of 1993, the QA had…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Certification, Credits
Hornberger, Nancy H., Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Sami in Scandinavia, Hnahno in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts. This book is divided…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Multicultural Education, Foreign Countries, Bilingualism
King, Caryn M.; Jonson, Kathleen; Whitehead, David; Reinken, Barbara J. – 2003
Despite increased immigration and families living in poverty, as well as relatively low teacher salaries, New Zealand has produced some of the highest literacy rates in the industrialized world. Its reputation as a nation of readers has intrigued North American theorists and educators alike. This led a group of 50 U.S. educators to visit New…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Early Intervention, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Cavanagh, Tom – Kairaranga, 2008
The release of "The New Zealand Curriculum" causes us to rethink the aims of education. Dr Cavanagh offers an alternative set of aims to the vision outlined in the Ministry of Education document, which is based, at least in part, on socialisation into the corporate industrial world. Dr Cavanagh's position is focused on putting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Interpersonal Relationship, Student Behavior
Fitzgerald, Tanya – Management in Education, 2009
This author begins by mapping the policy changes of the past 20 years that have occupied and changed the educational terrain in New Zealand. Fundamentally, the reform of education was premised on ideological conjecture that some changes (structural, administrative, pedagogical and managerial) were required, and that these changes would deliver…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Social Justice
Simanu-Klutz, Fata – 1999
This briefing paper focuses on the choices of instructional language in Pacific classrooms, as mandated by national or state policies, and discusses consequences of such choices on students' academic achievement and career preparation in the changing Pacific region. The paper first notes that in most South Pacific secondary schools, English is the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Background, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Educational Provision in New Zealand for Children with Learning Difficulties: An Historical Outline.
Fieldhouse, Arthur E. – 1988
This paper presents a historical view of the development of special education for New Zealand's students with learning difficulties. The paper uses a chronological approach, beginning with special provisions for deaf and blind students, followed by examination of: the impact of a national standards method of classifying and promoting pupils; the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy
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Philips, David – Educational Review, 2000
Analyzes three aspects of reform in New Zealand elementary-secondary education since 1989: curriculum changes, a new assessment program, and changes in qualifications in senior secondary education. Highlights the influences of other countries in reform and discusses the emphasis on learning outcomes. (SK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Sungaila, H. M.; Shorten, A. R. – 1983
This paper proposes the idea that in smaller countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, computer-assisted education may be creating an era of neo-colonialism in education. The paper discusses the problems of attempting to develop and maintain intellectual and cultural independence in an age of high technology. In countries such as Australia…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Curriculum Enrichment
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Chapman, James W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
This article discusses reasons for rejection of the learning disability category in New Zealand and describes the general education and special education systems in New Zealand. It is suggested that the needs of such students may potentially be met by new policies for "high incidence" special needs. Teacher training needs are also…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Incidence
New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Wellington. – 1994
This booklet explains the operation of New Zealand's National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and its relationship to workplace assessment. Discussed first is the NQF's mission of encouraging people to continue their education and training after secondary school and permitting flexibility in where and how people train. The role of the NQF in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Certification, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Shore, Cris – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2010
This article explores the legacy of three decades of neoliberal reforms on New Zealand's university system. By tracing the different government policies during this period, it seeks to contribute to wider debates about the trajectory of contemporary universities in an age of globalisation. Since Lyotard's influential report on "The Postmodern…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Organizational Culture, Institutional Mission
Holmes, Tony – 1991
This paper examines bilingual early childhood programs in Aotearoa, New Zealand, in Wales, and among the indigenous people of the United States. The first section of the paper describes bicultural programs as programs that promote an acknowledgement of the ways people of each culture live, communicate with one another, and understand their world.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Bilingual Education Programs, Early Childhood Education