Are you interested in learning about New Zealand’s education system but don’t have the time or resources to visit? I’ve organized my articles on my visit in 2018 to make it easy for you to get a quick picture of what you might learn if you were able to visit yourself. This starts with the articles that identify aspects of the New Zealand education system that can inspire and challenge us to think about how our education system can be tweaked to create more transparency and consistency. Following are articles on four of the schools I visited.
Introductory Articles
Understanding the Aotearoa New Zealand Education System
- A Primer on the NZ Education System
- Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand: Credentialing Learning
- Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand: Defining Lifelong Learning
- Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand: Key Competencies
- Diplomas or Certificates of Achievement? A Look at NZ’s NCEA
- How Competency-Based is New Zealand?
School Visits
Pt. England Primary
- Pt. England Primary: Making Sense of the New Zealand Curriculum
- Pt. England Primary: Creating a Culture of Respect, Belonging and Learning
- Pt. England Primary: Manaiakalani, The Hook from Heaven
- Pt. England Primary: Understanding Where Students Are
- Pt. England Primary: Gifting Language
- Pt. England Primary: The Cherry or the Orchard
Hobsonville Point Secondary School
- Challenging Convention at Hobsonville Point Secondary School
- Making Connections Across the Curriculum at Hobsonville Point
- Professional Learning….Every Day at Hobsonville Point
Swannanoa School
- Swannanoa School: Where People Are the Most Important Thing in the World
- Swannanoa Values: Finding Treasures Along the Greenstone Trail
- The Swannanoa School Design
Karori Normal School
