Becoming an Innovative Learning Environment

This book traces how a new school, physically designed as a modern learning environment,has come into being in New Zealand. A key feature is how it designs its curriculumfor future citizens. The book explores how flexible curriculum and assessment optionssupport the provision of a well-balanced, coherent and future-oriented learning programme.It also illustrates how the school is implementing its vision and copes withbeing different from other schools which understand and embody the New ZealandCurriculum as well as the NCEA qualifications system in more traditional terms. Schoolleaders', teachers' and foundation students' thinking and perspectives about what it'slike to become a new school are highlighted and shed light on what is possible withinan evolving education system.