2025

Teaching for our students’ future

2025

Teaching for our students’ future

IMAGE 21st C learner

What are the issues facing our students?

What are the issues facing our students?

What are the opportunities for our students?

What are the opportunities for our students?

What knowledge and understandings do our students need to exist

successfully in the next 20 years?

15th Century Email

So what do we do differently?

What can we teach that our students can’t learn from

google?

What can we teach that our students can’t learn from

google?

CoherenceThe curriculum offers all students a broad education that makes links within and across learning areas, provides for coherent transitions, and opens up pathways to further learning.

Principles - New Zealand Curriculum pg 9

Conceptual Planning

Conceptual planning uses three significant questions:

1.Why is it important for students to learn about this? Why does it matter?

2.2. What concepts do students need to have or to develop if they are to understand if they are to understand this in depth?

3.What issues might arise when considering this? How can we use this to help students explore and build values?

Rosemary Cathcart - “Practically Solved Differentiation”

Conceptual Planning

Conceptual planning uses three significant questions:

1.Why is it important for students to learn about this? Why does it matter?

2.2. What concepts do students need to have or to develop if they are to understand if they are to understand this in depth?

3.What issues might arise when considering this? How can we use this to help students explore and build values?

Rosemary Cathcart - “Practically Solved Differentiation”

What is a concept?A concept - A broad abstract idea or guiding general principle, a general notion, a big idea

Some Examples

Communication Change

Sustainability Work

Energy Sustenance

Conservation Interaction

Citizenship Competition

So what is the big idea behind•Community – a group of living things that exist together

• Communication•Sustainability•Energy•Conservation•Work•Sustenance•Interaction•Competition•Citizenship

So what is the big idea behind•Community – a group of living things that exist together

• Communication•Sustainability•Energy•Conservation•Work•Sustenance•Interaction•Competition•Citizenship

Competition

•The process of trying to win or do better than others

•An activity in which people try to win something or do better than others

•A process of self improvement

Competition

•The process of trying to win or do better than others

•An activity in which people try to win something or do better than others

•A process of self improvement

What is a context?Context - the parts of something that clarifies the meaning of a concept. (Example of contexts for 3 other Concepts)

Citizenship Conservation Competition

Roles Marine Reserves

Self

Rights Native Flora/Fauna

Teams

Responsibilities Historical(Buildings, Artifacts, Sites)

Work

Participation Wetlands Global

Movie Clip – motivation / inspiration / competitive

What is content?Content - material or ideas that are considered to be interesting, challenging and authentic to the learner.

Content for the Concept: Conservation

Contexts - Content

Local National Global

Goat Island Marine Reserve

NZ Marine Reserves

International Fisheries

Maungatautari

Inland Island

NZ National Parks

Rainforests

Whangamarino Wetlands

NZ Wetlands Amazon Basin

What is content?Content - material or ideas that are considered to be interesting, challenging and authentic to the learner.

Content for the Concept: Competition

Contexts - Content

Individual Group Global

Self Relationships How does NZ compete in the world?

Team Sports e.g netball, rugby

Commonwealth Games. World Cup

Work Career Path Patent / trademarks

Create a concept map ConceptContextContent

Create a concept map ConceptContextContent