Authentic curriculum

Finding Good Information - A guide for kaiako

Guide

Although the internet offers access to a lot of high-quality information, we are also facing a rise in misinformation and disinformation online.

Finding trustworthy and reliable information for research relies on students’ ability to critically analyse online content.

Use this guide and the Finding Good Information fold-out brochure for secondary students to teach critical thinking and analysis skills.

Finding Good Information - A brochure for secondary students

Guide

This brochure provides advice and tools that will help secondary students find reliable information, identify and avoid misinformation and disinformation, and review the quality of information produced by AI.

Use it to teach critical thinking and analysis skills.

The brochure addresses:
+ Why finding good information is important
+ How to find good information online, including effectively analysing information when using AI tools
+ How to identify misinformation and disinformation
+ Tools to support effective research
+ An introductory guide to referencing

Crafting successful prompts Harnessing artificial intelligence for effective learning

Guide

This guide supports kaiako to maximise the usefulness of AI for effective and relevant learning by crafting successful AI prompts.

We know AI has changed the digital landscape forever. Using AI successfully will help us to see both the potential and limitations of this kind of technology, and demystify the process.

Planning guide for Technology Transitions Te Aratohu Whakarite mō te Whitinga Hangarau

Guide for Technology teachers

As leaders and kaiako, how can we strengthen pathways for ākonga transitioning from year 7&8 technology into a secondary setting?

Ākonga thrive within a technology curriculum that is coherent and forms an organised learning journey from intermediate to secondary school. This guide offers practical insights on implementing such a curriculum and ensuring smooth transitions for ākonga.

Future Focused Curriculum A guide for secondary school educators to design concept-based curricula

Guide

This guide:
+ Provides a straightforward framework to support you to co-design connected curricula across different subject areas.
+ Supports you to take a concept-based approach to issues and problems relevant to ākonga.
+ Enables you to use a range of teaching strategies that are agentic for ākonga.

Connected Curriculum Learning Design framework

Infographic (PDF, 1 page, 91.2KB)

Use the CCLD framework to co-design connected curricula across different subject areas.

Curriculum Integration in New Zealand : A Roadmap for Success

Guide

This guide summarises current research in curriculum integration with a particular focus on findings from New Zealand schools to help build an understanding of the rationale of curriculum integration and its potential to build a deeper level of learning and engagement in learners.

Tech It: Technology rauemi cover sheet

Year 7 and 8 resource collection

This resource supports students to undertake multiple inquiries to address a range of technological needs and develop skills in research, design, collaboration and manufacturing. This cover sheet explains the resource and provides links to the different contexts and activities.

Tech It: Whāngaia Feed the team

Year 7/8 technology resource

The focus of this context is to support students to plan and make healthy food choices. Students will be encouraged to research and explore the opportunities to develop an understanding of how difference cultures prepare and serve foods.

Tech It: Wai Water

Year 7/8 technology resource

This set of resources will support ākonga to explore society’s impact on the quality of water used for drinking, domestic use, industry, and irrigation of the land.

Tech It: Hauora Health

Year 7/8 technology resource

The focus of this context is the four dimensions of hauora: Taha Tinana (physical), Taha Hinengaro (mental and emotional), Taha Whānau (social), and Taha Wairua (spiritual). Ākonga can consider how food choices, safe environments, and physical exercise impact on the health and well-being of our youth.

Tech It: Waka Hiko Electric transport

Year 7/8 technology resource

This set of resources will enable students to explore the impact of tech advancements on the physical and social environments. Ākonga inquiries will explore the age of electric autonomous vehicles, considering the positive and negative outcomes of this technology.

Tech It: Taukiri Identity

Year 7/8 technology resource

The focus of this context is identity. This set of resources will enable ākonga to celebrate their special identity. As people of Aotearoa we have a unique place to live and grow.

Tech It: Kirihou Plastics

Year 7/8 technology resource

The focus of this context is to create student awareness of how they can reduce waste by reusing and recycling products. This set of resources will enable ākonga to consider better solutions for packaging, processing, and disposing of plastic products.

Tech It: Tūwhiti Rāpihi

Year 7/8 technology resource

The focus of this context is to help students explore how they can reduce waste. This set of resources will enable ākonga to consider better solutions for packaging, processing, and disposing of products.

Tech It: Kaumatua The Elderly

Year 7/8 technology resource

In this set of resources, students are to consider how they can support the elderly. Each of the suggested activities enable ākonga to get involved and make a difference to their own and others’ lives

Tech It: Tāwharau Shelter

Year 7/8 technology resource

This set of resources supports ākonga to consider why we as a society have an increasing homeless population and how they live. Students develop an understanding of the importance of the whare whakairo on the marae and plan a shared weekend experience for their families.

Tech It: Waka Transportation

Year 7/8 technology resource

The focus of this context is how we move people and products efficiently and the impact of doing so. Students design, plan, and create outcomes to address a range of transportation needs. They are to model their outcomes and have others critique their work.

Hagley College – Connecting the curriculum through the Sustainable Development Goals

Article

Hagley College has been focusing on how to reduce subject silos, particularly for the junior cohorts. The school has developed ‘Connected classes’, a collaboration between the English, social sciences and science faculties with individual teachers delivering learning around a single unifying concept.

Blended learning: Crowd sourcing ideas together

Resource

This crowdsourced resource has been created by the Grow Waitaha team to support kura and Kāhui Ako as they navigate blended learning during school closures. We wanted to provide this blended learning document as a simple, clear and curated summary of our initial ideas to provide immediate and practical support to school leaders.

St Thomas of Canterbury – Improving teacher practice through sprints

Video

In this video series, teachers from St Thomas of Canterbury describe their AGILE learning sprint approach to improve teacher practice.

Planning innovative learning environments

Guide

This guide from the Inclusive Education website provides strategies and suggestions for developing innovative learning environments (ILEs) that work for all learners. It focuses on supporting schools who are planning a new build or building modifications.

Haeata Community Campus – Authentic Learning in Years 7–13

Article

Haeata Community Campus shares how it has designed an innovative curriculum for Years 7 - 13.

Rangiora High School – Authentic and collaborative learning

Video

In this video series, Rangiora High School shares how they design their environment for learning and create authentic learning opportunities with students.

Mairehau High School - Increasing student agency and authentic learning

Article

Mairehau High School showcases examples of collaborative inquiries the students and teachers have taken part in. These have been designed to increase learner agency and provide real learning opportunities.

Breens Intermediate - Developing a strong culture to support learning

Article

At Breen’s Intermediate, students are involved in school decisions and these often provide authentic learning contexts for students to solve real life problems.

Grow Waitaha – Authentic learning: Student conversation toolkit

Tool

Use these resources as a guide to gain students' perspectives about learning. These ideas may support you to create authentic learning experiences. Students can explore what learning means for them, aspects of the New Zealand Curriculum and the idea of future focused learning.

What is authentic curriculum?

Information sheet (online PDF)

This information sheet describes what is meant by authentic curriculum and includes definitions of key terms.

Who are these modern learners?

Blog

This blog post asks who the learners of today are, and what shapes their attitudes, dispositions, and behaviours.

Glossary for modern New Zealand learning practice

Tool

This glossary from the Education Review Office defines a range of terms used in education in New Zealand.

Riccarton High School – MAD for student led learning

Video

Senior students from Riccarton High School have developed a learner-led media class called the Media and Advertising Division (MAD). Find out how MAD supports ākonga to lead their own learning through authentic, meaningful learning experiences.

Learner agency: Final research report

Report (online PDF)

This resource offers research, experiences, and tools to support teachers and leaders to explore the conditions that enable learner agency.

From student voice to agency

Podcast

New Zealand principal Stephanie Thompson shares how students are taking the lead to run key initiatives within the school and community.

Learner agency spotlight

Presentation

Find strategies to help you build greater learner agency in your own classroom.

NZCER – Curriculum for the future

Tool

Curriculum for the Future is a set of three resources designed to stimulate open-ended conversations about learning and curriculum today and into the future. The resources can be used separately or together, and in any order.

Mana ōrite: Critical curriculum contexts for promoting Mauri Ora

Video

Dr Mere Berryman shares critical contexts for change where the curriculum can both accelerate and promote contexts for Mauri ora.

New Zealand Curriculum spotlight: Māori achieving success as Māori

Presentation

In this resource, explore what Māori success as Māori means to you. A great tool for working together to develop shared understandings and to be more culturally responsive.

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Finding Good Information - A guide for kaiako

Guide

Finding Good Information - A brochure for secondary students

Guide

Crafting successful prompts Harnessing artificial intelligence for effective learning

Guide

Planning guide for Technology Transitions Te Aratohu Whakarite mō te Whitinga Hangarau

Guide for Technology teachers

Future Focused Curriculum A guide for secondary school educators to design concept-based curricula

Guide

Connected Curriculum Learning Design framework

Infographic (PDF, 1 page, 91.2KB)

Curriculum Integration in New Zealand : A Roadmap for Success

Guide

Tech It: Technology rauemi cover sheet

Year 7 and 8 resource collection

Tech It: Whāngaia Feed the team

Year 7/8 technology resource

Tech It: Wai Water

Year 7/8 technology resource

Tech It: Hauora Health

Year 7/8 technology resource

Tech It: Waka Hiko Electric transport

Year 7/8 technology resource

Tech It: Taukiri Identity

Year 7/8 technology resource

Tech It: Kirihou Plastics

Year 7/8 technology resource

Tech It: Tūwhiti Rāpihi

Year 7/8 technology resource

Tech It: Kaumatua The Elderly

Year 7/8 technology resource

Tech It: Tāwharau Shelter

Year 7/8 technology resource

Tech It: Waka Transportation

Year 7/8 technology resource

Hagley College – Connecting the curriculum through the Sustainable Development Goals

Article

Blended learning: Crowd sourcing ideas together

Resource

St Thomas of Canterbury – Improving teacher practice through sprints

Video

Planning innovative learning environments

Guide

Haeata Community Campus – Authentic Learning in Years 7–13

Article

Rangiora High School – Authentic and collaborative learning

Video

Mairehau High School - Increasing student agency and authentic learning

Article

Breens Intermediate - Developing a strong culture to support learning

Article

Grow Waitaha – Authentic learning: Student conversation toolkit

Tool

What is authentic curriculum?

Information sheet (online PDF)

Who are these modern learners?

Blog

The global transformation in education

Video

Glossary for modern New Zealand learning practice

Tool

Riccarton High School – MAD for student led learning

Video

Learner agency: Final research report

Report (online PDF)

7 things that happen when students own their learning

Video

From student voice to agency

Podcast

Learner agency spotlight

Presentation

NZCER – Curriculum for the future

Tool

Mana ōrite: Critical curriculum contexts for promoting Mauri Ora

Video

New Zealand Curriculum spotlight: Māori achieving success as Māori

Presentation