Features include personal portfolios for the pupils and shared learning areas, which can be set up for classes, year groups, or collaborative projects.
There is no central staffroom; teachers take tea and coffee in "houses" around the school which, with one exception (year 7), correspond with learning areas such as maths, languages and technology.
This school would have been divided into five learning areas – English, maths, science, sports and music and arts – each headed by an individual director, with 10% of learning taking place in the community.
All curricular frameworks define learning areas, but no learning goals.
RQ2: What are these teachers' perceived PD needs regarding these various learning areas?
New Zealand has a devolved curriculum centered on key competencies developed across all learning areas.
Learning areas, acquisitions and skills in social studies curricula are considered in evaluation process.
This statistical test allowed us to explore differences in teachers' priorities and PD needs across learning areas.
The second goal was to investigate teachers' PD needs in terms of the learning areas of the NEL framework.
Do Singapore kindergarten teachers perceive the need to receive further training in the various learning areas of NEL?
