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New Zealanders are now living in a
digital society. Our young people need
to be confident and fully equipped to
contribute and flourish in the society of
the future
(Minister’s forward in the Digital
Technologies & Hangarau Matihiko (DT &
HM) consultation document).
On 28 June 2017, Minister of Education
Nikki Kaye, announced a 40 million dollar
package of initiatives to support the
implementation of the Digital Technologies
& Hangarau Matihiko programme for years
1 to 13.
This has come about as the result of the
review of the positioning and content of
Digital Technologies & Hangarau Matihiko
in our national curriculum. In July 2014
the former Education Minister Hekia Parata
and Minister Steven Joyce launched the
Science and Society Strategic Plan “A Nation
of Curious Minds: Te Whenua Hihiri i te
Mahara”. The review was a key initiative of
that plan.
Through June to September consultation
occurred with schools and communities
about the draft content of the Digital
Technologies & Hangarau Matihiko
curriculum. In November 2017 a report
which illustrates the key themes from this
consultation process will be available.
From 2018 Digital Technologies & Hangarau
Matihiko will be included in the
New Zealand
Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
,
starting at Year 1 through to Year 13, and
will form part of the Technology Learning
Area and Hangarau Wāhanga Ako.
There is an English and Māori medium
pathway. This approach is world leading;
the Ministry of Education are not aware of
another national curriculum where digital
technology has been introduced into an
indigenous language curriculum.
The new Digital Technologies & Hangarau
Matihiko curriculum content will build on
the existing key competencies in the
New
Zealand Curriculum
and
Te Marautanga o
Aotearoa
to further enable young people to
develop the skills and confidence to identify
local and global problems and opportunities,
and design and develop digital solutions in
response.
Two new areas have been introduced
for both the English and Māori medium
curriculums. The key ideas include:
●
understanding the computer science
principles that underlie all digital
technologies
●
developing computational and algorithmic
thinking skills
●
knowing how to develop instructions to
control digital technologies and solve
problems
●
understanding the digital world, how
to use technologies ethically, and the
implications of being a digital citizen
●
designing and developing digital
outcomes while considering their role and
responsibility as digital citizens.
HOW DOES THE DT & HM
CURRICULUM LINK TO TE
WHĀRIKI?
The new Digital Technologies & Hangarau
Matihiko curriculum content will build on
the existing key competencies in the
New
Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o
Aotearoa.
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES &
HANGARAU MATIHIKO -
HOW THIS LINKS
TO ECE
December 2017
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