Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 4, 2021 10:27:24 GMT 12
THE NEW NZ HISTORY CURRICULUM FOR SCHOOLS DRAFT 1 – PROPOSALS AND BIG IDEAS - By Roger Childs
From next year children aged 5 to 15 will study New Zealand History. A draft curriculum has been circulated for public comment and you can access this through: Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories in our national curriculum – Education in New Zealand Having a browse at the proposed prescription will be helpful in following the articles.
Today we begin a series examining this important document.
What the government says will be covered
Back in 2019 the Ministry of Education announced that there would be seven over–arching themes.
* The arrival of Māori to Aotearoa
* First encounters and early colonial history of Aotearoa
* Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its history
* Colonisation of, and immigration to, Aotearoa, including the New Zealand Wars
* The evolving national identity in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries
* The role of Aotearoa in the Pacific
* Aotearoa in the late 20th century and the evolution of a national identity with cultural plurality
No mention of New Zealand. Alarm bells immediately started ringing and well-known historian Paul Moon commented: Of course, there are risks that if done poorly, compulsory history in our schools could veer in to the realm of indoctrination.....
Read on here > waikanaewatch.org/2021/03/04/the-new-nz-history-curriculum-for-schools-draft-1-proposals-and-big-ideas/
From next year children aged 5 to 15 will study New Zealand History. A draft curriculum has been circulated for public comment and you can access this through: Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories in our national curriculum – Education in New Zealand Having a browse at the proposed prescription will be helpful in following the articles.
Today we begin a series examining this important document.
What the government says will be covered
Back in 2019 the Ministry of Education announced that there would be seven over–arching themes.
* The arrival of Māori to Aotearoa
* First encounters and early colonial history of Aotearoa
* Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its history
* Colonisation of, and immigration to, Aotearoa, including the New Zealand Wars
* The evolving national identity in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries
* The role of Aotearoa in the Pacific
* Aotearoa in the late 20th century and the evolution of a national identity with cultural plurality
No mention of New Zealand. Alarm bells immediately started ringing and well-known historian Paul Moon commented: Of course, there are risks that if done poorly, compulsory history in our schools could veer in to the realm of indoctrination.....
Read on here > waikanaewatch.org/2021/03/04/the-new-nz-history-curriculum-for-schools-draft-1-proposals-and-big-ideas/