New Zealand curriculum

Spent the day doing work around the new curriculum in New Zealand being released a week or so away. I feel the new curriculum is not offering much change except about removing some constraints that exist at present.

The new curriculum developments are going to be introduced through digital links and that is exciting. especially around the stories and the ideas which I think have the potential to be very powerful in this method.

however for secondary schools the two unanswered questions are

1. How are we going to assess in our high stake qualifications system? Is this still the same if so that will be the driver.
2. Are we going to let the text book writers choose the resource? I am nervous around whether the teaching fraternity are ready to move in development in this way

Exciting and commendable to the Ministry for choosing this way.