Open AccessAssessment for School Success
Author(s) -
Margaret J. Maaka
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of invitational theory and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1060-6041
DOI - 10.26522/jitp.v6i1.3851
Subject(s) - premise , accountability , curriculum , pedagogy , national curriculum , psychology , mathematics education , medical education , sociology , political science , medicine , epistemology , philosophy , law
This article examines a national educational system that is founded on the premise that the individual student is the center of all learning and teaching. By drawing on her first-hand knowledge and experiences, the author presents an overview of the New Zealand student-centered curriculum. Central to this overview is: (a) a brief discussion of the beliefs New Zealand educators and the community have about children’s learning, (b) an examination of the guiding principles that underlie the assessment of children’s learning and how these translate into practice, and (c) a discussion of issues of accountability at the local and national levels of the educational system.