Curriculum Refresh in New Zealand:Background,Content and Characteristics
In 2018,New Zealand began to refresh The New Zealand Curriculum which is the second round of curriculum reform in the 21st century and the new curriculum will be implemented in batches since the beginning of 2023.The curriculum refresh was launched ten years after the implementation of the New Zealand Curriculum based on key competencies,under the background of the government's advocacy of high-quality and inclusive public education system.The new curriculum continues the value orientation of"Learner Center",emphasizing inclusive and personalized learning;integrates Maori knowledge as an independent knowledge system into all learning areas of the national curriculum,emphasizing bicultural integration and identity recognition,showing an obvious trend of localization;reconstructs"understand-know-do"content model for every learning area and academic performance,strengthens the relationship between the learning area and the curriculum vision and key competencies,emphasizes the implementation of key competencies through practice and social emotional learning,showing the trend of clarity and focusing on subject practice.
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