June 8, 2009

Categories: inquiry

Feet First

Posted by Sarah

If it’s good to look outside education for inspiration sometimes (see last post), it’s also great when other sectors get involved with education. The NZTA has worked with the folks at Hooked on Thinking to develop the Feet First curriculum resources: 24 teacher-led and four student-led inquiry topics based around the key understanding ‘walking benefits people, places and the planet’.

As well as linking to The New Zealand Curriculum, the units are designed against the SOLO Taxonomy. There’s great video footage of students from Waikowhai School explaining the SOLO Taxonomy as a framework for questioning and how it applies to their thinking and learning. Wow.

As well as the curriculum resources, there’s also an ‘active travel’ picture book competition. The winning book will be published and distributed to every school library. An illustrator/author/editor will workshop the winning book with the class/group or schools, and the students will be able to take part in a professional book lauch. Entries are due on 3 September. Digital formats are accepted!