These guides have been designed to help teachers develop quality teaching and learning programmes at levels 6–8 of The New Zealand Curriculum (2007). They should be understood as resources rather than syllabuses or prescriptions.
Each subject guide describes the ideas around which a programme might be based, how a programme might be structured, what good teaching and learning looks like, and how the subject concerned relates to the wider New Zealand curriculum and to NCEA. Other sections describe why a student should consider taking the subject and what learning pathways it might open up for them.
The guides can also help teachers:
The guides have been written by experienced secondary teachers and other curriculum, teaching, and learning experts, often with input from interested sector organisations. NZATE is involved in the writing of these guides.
