Becoming an Innovative Learning Environment The Making of a New Zeal
This book examines how a new school, physically designed as a modern learning environment, has come into being in New Zealand, particularly in relation to how it offers a curriculum for future citizens. The book does so by examining various aspects of the
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Becoming an Innovative Learning Environment The Making of a New Zealand Secondary School
Becoming an Innovative Learning Environment
Noeline Wright
Becoming an Innovative Learning Environment The Making of a New Zealand Secondary School
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Noeline Wright The Faculty of Education/Te Toi Tangata, Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research (WMIER) The University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand
ISBN 978-981-13-0763-8 ISBN 978-981-13-0764-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0764-5
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This book is dedicated to the foundation students and staff of Hobsonville Point Secondary School, and particularly the leadership team who graciously gave me unfettered access. Without you, this could never have happened.
Preface
This book offers research findings emanating from a longitudinal project that tracks some aspects of the inception and development of Hobsonville Point Secondary School (HPSS), particularly leadership decisions linking vision to classroom practices. Because the school is carving out a learning path that is different from many other schools, anonymity is not possible; its characteristics easily identify it. The issue of anonymity has been discussed with the principal and, because the school aims for transparency in its dealings with its community—and staff regularly blog about their developing thinking and decision-making—identifying the school has been agreed. HPSS, the subject of the book, is sited in a very new urban area of Auckland, and the whole new urban development is built
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